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Women in computing: where are we now?

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 38 , Issue 1 (January 1995) table of contents

Pages: 29 - 35

Year of Publication: 1995

ISSN:0001-0782

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Maria Klawe	Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Nancy Leveson	Univ. of Washington, Seattle

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION

Additional Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
Subjects: Computer science education
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
K.4.2 Social Issues
Subjects: Employment

General Terms:
Human Factors

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The authors begin with a description of the sexism that discourages girls in high school from preparing for college majors in physical science and engineering, from enrolling in such majors when they reach college, and (among those women who a more...

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