Gender codes: why women are leaving computing

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Looks at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded and where they struggled.

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Full title :Gender codes : why women are leaving computing / edited by Thomas J. Misa.

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Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):IEEE Computer Society, Wiley
Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 306 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470619926, 0470619929, 9780470619919, 0470619910, 9781118035139, 1118035135, 1282685821, 9781282685826, 9786612685828, 6612685824
DOI:10.1002/9780470619926
oclc:ocn654818338
LC Classification:QA76.9.W65
Dewey Decimal:338.7/61004082

Gender codes : defining the problem / Thomas J. Misa -- Computer science : the incredible shrinking woman / Caroline Clarke Hayes -- Masculinity and the machine man : gender in the history of data processing / Thomas Haigh -- A gendered job carousel : employment effects of computer automation / Corinna Schlombs -- Meritocracy and feminization in conflict : computerization in the British government / Marie Hicks -- Making programming masculine / Nathan Ensmenger -- Gender and computing in the push-button library / Greg Downey -- Cultural perceptions of computers in Norway 1980-2007 : from "anybody" via "male experts" to "everybody" / Hilde G. Corneliussen -- Constructing gender and technology in advertising images : feminine and masculine computer parts / Aristotle Tympas, Hara Konsta, Theodor Lekkas, and Serkan Karas -- The pleasure paradox : bridging the gap between popular images of computing and women's historical experiences / Janet Abbate -- Programming enterprise : women entrepreneurs in software and computer services / Jeffrey R. Yost -- Gender codes : lessons from history / Thomas J. Misa -- Gender codes : prospects for change / Caroline Clarke Hayes.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Bus… BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure Computer -- Frau COMPUTER INDUSTRY COMPUTERINDUSTRIE Femmes en informatique Frau Frau -- Computer Frau -- Informatik industry Informatik Informatik -- Frau Informatique -- Industrie Women in computer science