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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 97. Chapters: Ada Lovelace, Adele Goldberg (computer scientist), Allison Randal, Amanda Chessell, Amy L. Lansky, Angela Orebaugh, Anita Borg, Anna Karlin, Anne Condon, Annie Anton, Annie Easley, Audrey Tang, Ayanna Howard, Barbara Jane Liskov, Barbara Simons, Beatrice Helen Worsley, Betty Holberton, Carole Goble, Caryn Navy, Cathy Hudgins, Cecilia R. Aragon, Corinna E. Lathan, Cynthia Dwork, Dana Angluin, Dana Randall, Dana Ron, Dana Ulery, Danese Cooper, Daniela L. Rus, Danielle Bunten Berry, Daphne Koller, Deborah Estrin, Diane Greene, Diane Pozefsky, Diane Souvaine, Donna Auguste, Dorit Aharonov, Dorothea Wagner, Dorothy E. Denning, Elaine Weyuker, Elizabeth Rather, Ellen Spertus, Eva Tardos, Evi Nemeth, Frances E. Allen, Frances Yao, Gail Williams, Grace Hopper, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Hava Siegelmann, Henriette Avram, Ileana Streinu, Irma Wyman, Jaime Teevan, Jane Hillston, Jeannette Wing, Jeanne Ferrante, Jean Bartik, Jean E. Sammet, Jennifer Mankoff, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Jenny Preece, Joanne Pransky, Joyce Currie Little, Joyce K. Reynolds, Judith Donath, Kaisa Sere, Karen Sparck Jones, Kate Craig-Wood, Klara Dan von Neumann, Klara Kedem, Leah Culver, Leah Jamieson, Lila Kari, Liuba Shrira, Lois Haibt, Lynne Jolitz, Lynn Conway, Manuela M. Veloso, Margaret H. Wright, Margaret Hamilton (scientist), Margo Seltzer, Maria Klawe, Maria Zemankova, Marissa Mayer, Marta Kwiatkowska, Mary Allen Wilkes, Mary Jane Irwin, Mary Kenneth Keller, Mary Shaw (computer scientist), Maxine D. Brown, Meredith L. Patterson, Ming C. Lin, Molly Holzschlag, Monica S. Lam, Nancy Davis Griffeth, Nancy Leveson, Nancy Lynch, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Ping Fu, Radia Perlman, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Renee J. Miller, Rosalind Picard, Ruzena Bajcsy, Sally Floyd (computer scientist), Sally Shlaer, Shafi Goldwasser, Sheeri Cabral, Sheila Greibach, Sophie Wilson, Stormy Peters, Sue Black (computer scientist), Sue Whitesides, Susanne Albers, Susan Dumais, Susan Gerhart, Susan L. Graham, Susan Landau, Susan Owicki, Suw Charman-Anderson, Suzy Covey, Tandy Warnow, Telle Whitney, Terri Attwood, Thelma Estrin, Toniann Pitassi, Ursula Martin, Wendy Hall, Winifred Asprey. Excerpt: Global concerns about current and future roles of women in computing occupations gained more importance with the emerging information age. These concerns motivated public policy debates addressing gender equality as computer applications exerted increasing influence in society. This dialog helped to expand information technology innovations and to reduce the unintended consequences of perceived sexism. In the United States, the number of women represented in undergraduate computer science education and the white-collar information technology workforce peaked in the mid-1980s, and has declined ever since. In 1984, 37.1% of Computer Science degrees were awarded to women; the percentage dropped to 29.9% in 1989-1990, and 26.7% in 1997-1998. Figures from the Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey indicate that less than 12% of Computer Science degrees were awarded to women in 2010-11. Although teenage girls are now using computers and the Internet at rates similar to their male peers, they are five times less likely to consider a technology-related career or plan on taking post-secondary technology classes. The National Center for Women & Information Technology reports that of the SAT takers who intend to major in computer and information sciences, the proportion of girls has steadily decreased relative to the proportion of boys, from 20 percent in 2001 to 12 percent in 2006. The total number of these students (boys and girls) has also been decreasing since 2001, when it peaked at 73,466. According to a College Board report, slightly more girls than boys among SAT takers in 2006 reported to having "course work or...
