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

Pages: 45 - 54

Year of Publication: 1995

ISSN:0001-0782

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Denise W. Gürer

SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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	2	Clapp, J. Interview with Judy Clpp conducted by Denise Gurer, June 1994.
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	10	Koss, M. Interview with A. Mildred Koss conducted by Denise Gurer, June 1994.
	11	Little, J.C. Interview with Joyce Currie Little conducted by Denise Curer, June 1994.
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CITED BY 7

	Denise Gürer , Tracy Camp, An ACM-W literature review on women in computing, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.34 n.2, June 2002
	Kaila Katz, Historical Content in Computer Science Texts: A Concern, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, v.19 n.1, p.16-19, January 1997
	Amita Goyal, Women in Computing: Historical Roles, the Perpetual Glass Ceiling, and Current Opportunities, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, v.18 n.3, p.36-42, September 1996
	Aristidis Ilias , Maria Kordaki, Undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering: gender issues, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.38 n.2, June 2006
	Denise Gürer, Women in computing history, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.34 n.2, June 2002
	Kaila Katz, The present state of historical content in computer science texts: a concern, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.27 n.4, p.43-50, Dec. 1995
	Ellen Spertus , Denise Gürer, Women and computing, Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 2003

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING
Subjects: People

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

General Terms:
Human Factors, Management

REVIEW

"David Thomas Barnard : Reviewer"

Gu¨rer wrote this paper as a response to a lack of role models for women in computing professions, and a lack of available information about those women who have made interesting contributions. A survey of the careers of a number of women more...

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