I ran into several more projects / organizations promoting women in IT. Great stuff! Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization that exists to provide affordable and accessible programs to women who want to learn web and software development through…
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CEO Woman
Marissa Meyer is the CEO of Yahoo. When she was hired, she was pregnant with her first child. This lengthy article gives quite a bit of background about how she is viewed as the CEO and what expectations there are…
Girls in Children’s Literature
There was a study conducted by Janice McCabe at Florida State University in 2011. She looked at over 6,000 children’s books from the past century and found that central characters in the books were female in less than one third.…
When Women are Science Reporters
I don’t know whether to scream or sigh about this NPR story. Actually, I am very impressed with Emily Graslie, a science reporter who now works at the Chicago Field Museum and created a few videos to go along with…
Grant Program Outreach for Middle School Girls
Now here’s a great idea! If your middle school is trying to support girls to learn and love technology, this grant program can help. It’s sponsored by the National Center for Women in IT. The program is called AspireIT and…
Praising Girls
This article is not directly about women in IT but it does highlight some important research about giving praise to girls in the right way to make a positive difference later on. Praise that helps girls see they should stick…