Anita Borg

A computer scientist, at one point Borg "realized that what she really wanted to do was not study computers but use computers to link people," said Brian Reid, the head of a research group at the Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory where Borg worked. Realizing she was one of the few women in the field at the time, in 1986 Borg created "Systers", a networking group for female engineers. Systers now has more than 2500 members in 38 countries. Borg also co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women conference, and founded the Institute for Women and Technology. Dr. Borg died April 6 at her mother's home in Northern California from brain cancer. She was 54. From This is True for 6 April 2003 Suggestions for further reading: Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studie... by Kurt W. Beyer Amazon Price: $18.45 Customer Review: I bought this for my husband for his birthday. He is a computer engineer. He read the book in three or four days and enjoyed it. We bought a second copy for my sister for Christmas.   Grace Hopper: Admiral Of The Cyber Sea (Library of Naval Biography) by Kathleen Broome Williams Amazon Price: $25.04 Customer Review: Grace Hopper's contributions to computing were very impressive - I knew that before reading this book because I was a COBOL programmer. Nonetheless, "Admiral of the Cyber Sea" provided a very informative and interesting biography of this lady. It w...   Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz (Famous Inventors) by Patricia J. Murphy Amazon Price: $22.60 Customer Review: My eight-year-old daughter and I read this book together, and we loved it. If you are disturbed that Larry Summers of Harvard thinks women can't do math, reading about Grace Hopper will calm you down. Not only was she a math and computer genius, bu...   Understanding Computers by Grace Murray Hopper, Steven L. Mandell Amazon Price:   Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer (Contemporary Women Series) by Charlene W. Billings Amazon Price:   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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