Research Guides: STEM, So What?!: Women in Technology

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Library Resources

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY:

Claire L. Evans. Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. QA76.2.A2E93 2018

Christopher Hollings, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. Ada Lovelace : The Making of a Computer Scientist. QA29.L72H65 2018

Sydney Padua. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage *The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer. PN6737.P34T48 2015

Reshma Saujani. Girls Who Code : Learn to Code and Change the World. QA76.25.S37 2017

Rachel Swaby. Headstrong : 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World. Q130.S93 2015

eBOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY:

Gillian Arnold. Women in Tech: A Practical Guide to Increasing Gender Diversity and Inclusion. (2021)

Hilde G. Corneliussen. Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Themselves. (2023)

Namrata Gupta. Women in Science and Technology: Confronting Inequalities. (2020)

Susanne Tedrick. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators. (2020)

VIDEOS:

“Women in Tech” (Wall Street Journal, 2019) (60:00)

Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox, 2017) (126:00)

STEM, So What Follow-Up Survey

COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY