The Resource Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet, Claire L. Evans
Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet, Claire L. Evans
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- Summary
- "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 been erased 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 they will continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore. Welcome to the Broad Band. You're next"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction : The Dell
- Part one. The kilogirls. A computer wanted ; Amazing Grace ; The salad days ; Tower of Babel ; The computer girls
- Part two. Connection trip. The longest cave ; Resource one ; Networks ; Communities ; Hypertext
- Part three. The early true believers. Miss Outer Boro ; Women.com ; The girl gamers
- Epilogue : The cyberfeminists
- Isbn
- 9780735211759
- Label
- Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet
- Title
- Broad band
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the women who made the Internet
- Statement of responsibility
- Claire L. Evans
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- trueCollective biographies
- trueComputer programmers
- trueComputer scientists
- History
- trueHistory writing -- Women's history
- Internet
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- Internet -- History
- trueInternet -- History
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine
- trueSociety and culture -- Media and technology
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueWomen computer programmers
- Women computer scientists
- trueWomen computer scientists
- Women computer scientists -- Biography
- trueWomen and technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 been erased 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 they will continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore. Welcome to the Broad Band. You're next"--
- Summary
- The YACHT lead singer and VICE reporter celebrates the lesser-known contributions of women to the history of technology, sharing brief profiles of such boundary-breaking innovators as Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler and Stacy Horn
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2019.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10622600
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Evans, Claire Lisa,
- Dewey number
-
- 004.092/2
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA76.2.A2
- LC item number
- E93 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
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- Women computer scientists
- Internet
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Internet
- Women computer scientists
- Internet
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the untold story of the women who made the Internet
- Label
- Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet, Claire L. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : The Dell -- Part one. The kilogirls. A computer wanted ; Amazing Grace ; The salad days ; Tower of Babel ; The computer girls -- Part two. Connection trip. The longest cave ; Resource one ; Networks ; Communities ; Hypertext -- Part three. The early true believers. Miss Outer Boro ; Women.com ; The girl gamers -- Epilogue : The cyberfeminists
- Control code
- 21296020
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735211759
- Lccn
- 2017054620
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999581264
- Label
- Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet, Claire L. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- Introduction : The Dell -- Part one. The kilogirls. A computer wanted ; Amazing Grace ; The salad days ; Tower of Babel ; The computer girls -- Part two. Connection trip. The longest cave ; Resource one ; Networks ; Communities ; Hypertext -- Part three. The early true believers. Miss Outer Boro ; Women.com ; The girl gamers -- Epilogue : The cyberfeminists
- Control code
- 21296020
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735211759
- Lccn
- 2017054620
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999581264
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- trueCollective biographies
- trueComputer programmers
- trueComputer scientists
- History
- trueHistory writing -- Women's history
- Internet
- Internet -- History
- Internet -- History
- trueInternet -- History
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine
- trueSociety and culture -- Media and technology
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueWomen computer programmers
- Women computer scientists
- trueWomen computer scientists
- Women computer scientists -- Biography
- trueWomen and technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
Genre
- trueHistory
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- trueLife stories
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