Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet / Claire L. Evans.
"The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers. But the little-known fact is that female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation--they've just beenerased from the story. Until now. Women are not ancillary to the history of technology; they turn up at the very beginning of every important wave. But they've often been hidden in plain sight, their inventions and contributions touching our lives in ways we don't even realize. VICE reporter and YACHT lead singer Claire L. Evans finally gives these unsung female heroes their due with her insightful social history of the Broad Band, the women who made the internet what it is today. Learn from Ada Lovelace, the tortured, imaginative daughter of Lord Byron, who wove numbers into the first program for a mechanical computer in 1842. Seek inspiration from Grace Hopper, the tenacious mathematician who democratized computing by leading the charge for machine-independent programming languages after World War II. Meet Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler, the one-woman Google who kept the earliest version of the Internet online, and Stacy Horn, who ran one of the first-ever social networks on a shoestring out of her New York City apartment in the 1980s. Evans shows us how these women built and colored the technologies we can't imagine life without. Join the ranks of the pioneers who defied social convention and the longest odds to become database poets, information-wranglers, hypertext dreamers, and glass ceiling-shattering dot com-era entrepreneurs. This inspiring call to action is a revelation: women have embraced technology from the start. It shines a light on the bright minds whom history forgot, and shows us how theywill continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore. Welcome to the Broad Band. You're next"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735211759
- ISBN: 0735211752
- Physical Description: 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2018]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index. |
Awards Note: | Amelia Bloomer Book List, 2019 |
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Subject: | Women computer scientists > Biography. Internet > History. |
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Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | 004.0922 Evans (Text) | 31320003601064 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Carthage Public Library | 004.0922 Ev1b (Text) | 34MO2001799274 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Garden City | 004.0922 EVA 2018 (Text) | 0002205060219 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 004.092 EVA 2018 (Text) | 0002205046507 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas County Public Library | 920 Eva (Text) | 35633000319316 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Arnold | 004.0922 EVANS (Text)
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Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 004.0922 EVANS (Text)
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Morgan County Library | 004.92 EVA (Text) | 35319000128804 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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