When Computers Were Women
Title: When Computers Were Women - Source Note
date: 2023-03-06
type: reference
Reference¶
[!info] - Cite Key: [[@lightWhenComputersWere1999]] - Link: JSTOR Full Text PDF - Bibliography: Light, JS. 1999 When Computers Were Women. Technology and Culture 40(3): 455–483.
Light, Jennifer S. “When Computers Were Women.” Technology and Culture, vol. 40, no. 3, 1999, pp. 455–83. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25147356. Accessed 6 Mar. 2023.
Summary & Key Takeaways¶
Light works to illuminate the erasure of women in the history of computing in the article When Computers Were Women, and how this erasure perpetuates the notion that women are unfit or uninterested in STEM fields to this day. This article explores how the work of women in the field of computing was minimized despite its complexity and significance.