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Gender Codes
Why Women Are Leaving Computing
The gender crisis in computing
The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years.
Overview of the book
This book provides an unprecedented look 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 and insights
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.
International perspective
It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece.
Intended audience
Scholars in history, gender/women’s studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will find this volume illuminating.
