Computer history vixens

COMPUTER HISTORY VIXENS

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These women paved the way for female nerds everywhere!

ADA LOVELACEThis foxy mathematician was the first computer programmer.

She wrote the language For CHarlEs BaBBaGE’s analytical engine.

aDa Is rEFErrED to as ‘tHE prophet of the computer aGE’. sHE BElIEvED computers could be used for more than just math. Blah

Admiral Grace HopperGrace was an extremely important figure in the 1940’s when it came to computers.

Referred to as “Grandma COBOL” ,she pioneered the development of a universal programming language.

Admiral Hopper’s influence was so substantial that the US Department of Defense named a Warship after her in 1980.

THE ENIAC PROJECT

1946

Kay McNultyBetty Snyder

Maryln Wescoff Ruth Lichterman

ENIAC was programmed by six women known as “Rosies”: Betty Snyder Holberton, Jean Jennings Bartik, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas.

Jean SammetThis brainy babe

joined the IBM company in 1961

American computer scientist also known as the developer of the FORMAC (FORmula MAnipulation Compiler) programming language

Published “PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: History and Fundamentals” in 1969

Received many awards including: an Augusta Ada Lovelace Award by the Association of Women in Computingin 1989, and a Computer Pioneer Award by the IEEE Computer Society in 2009.

RobertaWilliams

Roberta Williams was one of the first female videogame designers.

Her work includes a series of graphic-text adventure games including Mystery House(1980), many releases of King's Quest (1984-92), horror game Phantasmagoria, and Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!.

She founded the game company Sierra with her husband Ken Williams. Roberta posed for the box cover of an early pornographic game for the Apple II called Softporn.

HOT!!!!!

The Queen of Retro Mac Design

Creator of the original Macintosh

icons

This lady

even drew the

very first New

York, Geneva

and Chicago

fonts, the

control

panel, and

best of all, the

game

Solitaire, all

for the very

first Mac

SUSAN KARE

Nerd Girls of the World Unite

There are several

organizations

dedicated to the

enrichment of

females in the

computer field

Feminist mix with a tech fix

The Women’s Networking Support Programme(APC WNSP) is both a programme within APC and a network of women throughout the world committed to using technology for women’s empowerment. We promote gender equality in the design, implementation, access and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and in the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them.

The British Computer Society (Women’s Group) is a specialized group that provides

networking opportunities for all BCS professional women working in IT around the world. The Group’s main objective is to

provide support for female IT professionals, as well as mentoring and

encouraging girls/women to enter IT as a career

The Girl Geek Dinners Founded in 2005 when one girl found

frustration in being the only female

attending technical events. She set out to

gain acceptance for all ‘geeks’ regardless

of gender or age. Girl Geek’s mission is to

break down old fashioned social

stereotypes, break barriers to entry for

anyone to get into technology, encourage

and nurture those interested in technology,

work with women in school to introduce

them to technical careers, support all forms

of the industry, and include EVERYONE in

the journey, not just women, but men and

children as well.

Many women have impacted the developments of the computer science field. The work of these pioneers helped paved the way of today’s women’s role in modern technology. There are more opportunities and careers for females now than there ever was and there are many intelligent ladies to look up to.

Thanks for watching.

References

• www.toonsup.com

• www.bcs.org

• www.telecompricer.com

• www.mobygames.com

• www.thechuckler.com

• www.apcwomen.org

• www.girlgeekdinners.com

• www.women.cs.cmu.edu

• www.cssu-bg.org

• www.crn.com

• www.kare.com

• www.duke.edu

• www.osw.usu.edu

• Duran Duran ‘Girls on Film’ 1981