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COMPUTER HISTORY VIXENS
Holly White Presents
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