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12 - Portugal

Perspectives on Women in Computing

from Part III - Cultural Perspectives from the United States and Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2019

By
Arminda Guerra Lopes
Edited by
Carol Frieze  and
Jeria L. Quesenberry
Carol Frieze
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Jeria L. Quesenberry
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

Historically, it is known that women had an important role in computing. History lessons on computer science narrate that women were some of the first software engineers until technology and practices changed the role of women as programmers.

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Cracking the Digital Ceiling
Women in Computing around the World
 , pp. 229 - 245
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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