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Women in computing

In the United States, the number of women represented in Engineering and Information Technology peaked in the late 1980s. Since then, the percentage of women in the computing profession declined from 35.2% in 1990 to 28.4% in 2000. Between 1998 and 2004, interest in computer science among women fell 80%. In computer science in particular, there has been a dramatic drop in women earning bachelor s degrees. A report from the Computing Research Association indicated that the number recently fell below 20%, from nearly 40% 15 prior.

Research has shown that many misperceptions about computing persist and may discourage women.

= Famous women in computing =

*Ada Lovelace, promoter of Charles Babbage s analytical engine. *Grace Hopper, the first programmer for the Mark I Calculator.

= Organizations for women in computing =

*Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women *Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing research *[http://www.ncwit.org National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)]

=External links=

*[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfmid=1060071.1060072 Gender Balancing Computing Education], co-editors Bettina Bair and Dr J McGrath Cohoon *[http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~bbair/acmw/101tips.pdf 101 Ideas for Women in Computing Groups] (PDF) *[http://www.gracehopper.org/ Grace Hopper Celebration (biennial)] *[http://newsonwomen.typepad.com/ NewsOnWomen: Women and Technology] *[http://www.cs.indiana.edu/cicwic/index.html Central Indiana Celebration of Women In Computing] *[http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/ocwic Ohio Celebration of Women In Computing]

=Footnotes=

# Lancaster, Hal, Career Journal: Women Try to Break Tech-Glass Ceiling , Wall Street Journal, Brussels, August 14, 2001. # Vegso , Jay, May 2005 edition of Computing Research News, Vol. 17, No. 3, May 2005. # [http://www.cra.org/statistics CRA Taulbee Survey], Computing Research Association, 2005. # Margolis, Jane; Fisher, Alan, Unlocking the Clubhouse , SIGCSE Inroads Bulletin, Vol 34, No. 2, June 2002.