Ada Lovelace was a visionary who first recognized the potential of computer programming. Almost two centuries on, six women in computer science and technology reflect on their experiences in the field ...

Computer education culture discourages girls, survey says. From Staff Reports. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The methods used to teach computer programming classes are turning off girls at ...

This Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Staff Writer The latest step in the ongoing conversation about the gender gap in tech came on Tuesday when Google ...

Years before software programmers sat poised over their keyboards in sleek, expansive tech offices, women built the foundations of modern computer programming— in less-than-glamorous conditions. For ...

PROVING GROUND: The Untold Story of the Six Women who Programmed the World’s First Supercomputer. By Kathy Kleiman. Grand Central Publishing. 320 pages. $30. When the world’s first general-purpose, ...

The Women in Tech Initiative at Case Western Reserve University is pleased to announce a $100,000 matching grant for the upcoming academic school year from double alumnus and craigslist founder Craig ...

“It’s just like planning a dinner,” the renowned computer scientist Grace Hopper once quipped about computing in a 1967 issue of Cosmopolitan. “You have to plan ahead and schedule everything so it’s ...

Phanuelle Manuel said having a fellow Black woman as a mentor helped her visualize a future in computer science. Manuel, and hundreds of other high school students, received training, mentorship and ...

Only 20 percent of computer science and 22 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees in the U.S. go to women. Women are missing out on flexible, lucrative and high-status careers. Society is also ...

In the United States, women make up 57% of the labor force and almost 51% of the population. However, despite these numbers, women only represent 26% of professional computing jobs. And if that ...