Women in Computer History:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Lady Ada Lovelace, the world's first programmer.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programmers Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate the ENIAC's main control panel.

http://eniacprogrammers.org
"Sixty years ago, six young women programmed the world's first all-electronic computer, the ENIAC. Their ballistics program used hundreds of wires and 3000 switches."

 
Women and Free Software:

http://ubuntu-women.org
    - “Ubuntu-Women is not about segregation of women, rather its goal is to integrate women as equals within the mainstream development going on in the Ubuntu world. Remember, membership is open to all and not based on gender alone.”
    - “Our goal is to encourage women and newcomers in Ubuntu to increase participation and contribute to tasks where they have no experience and are willing to learn.”

http://women.debian.org

* Linux Chix

http://www.linuxchix.org

http://www.linuxchix.org/vancouver-british-columbia.html

* Fedora Women

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Women

* GNOME Women's Summer Outreach Program

http://gnomejournal.org/article/48/the-womens-summer-outreach-program

 
Resource Links:

* http://geekfeminism.wikia.com "A resource for and about women in geek communities and the difficulties we face."
* http://www.binarygirl.com
* http://www.systers.org
* http://www.womengamers.com
* http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw
* http://www.digitaleve.org

*http://www2.okbu.edu/business/faculty/chanche/women_in_programming.htm#organizations

Other Articles and General Links:

    * http://www2.okbu.edu/business/faculty/chanchey/women_in_programming.htm
    * http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May06/Games4Girls.html
    * http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=r&x=91400
    * http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/08/1449259&from=rss
    * http://www.bofh.org.uk/articles/2005/11/02/women-in-open-source

    *http://icommons.org/2007/03/06/commoner-profile-10-questions-for-anna-badimo/
“[Information and Communication Technology] offers a lot of economic opportunities for women, and with a critical mass of these skills, I think that we will start thinking about how we can make ICT practical for other women”

http://www.genderchangers.org/about.html
“...there is no such thing as an "original" idea let alone being able to own it. Knowledge is context-sensitive and accumulated. It is absurd that the source can be hidden, made secret, or closed.”

http://www.makeworlds.org/node/146
“...women have played an important role in the history of software development.”
“Women were the very first programmers...”