Broad Band by Claire L. Evans5/28/2023 I loved reading about Grace Hopper and other early computer programmers. We’re not ancillary we’re central, often hiding in plain sight.Įvans goes on to demonstrate exactly how women were essential with each evolution and revolution of the tech industry. Women turn up at the beginning of every important wave in technology. I took the time to annotate and underline my copy of this book, because Evans just keeps saying it so well: Evans goes all the way back to Ada Lovelace (I’m actually writing this review on Ada Lovelace Day-I should have timed this better so I could publish it today). As Evans demonstrates, women were here first.īroad Band begins at the beginning. Evans not only smashes the myth that women don’t like computers or programming she demolishes the idea that women are a recent addition to the tech world. Evans traces the development of the modern Internet from its precursors, the earliest mechanical and electronic computers, all the way to the present day-all through the lens of the women who computed, built, designed, programmed, and shepherded us into the Information Age. Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet is such a book for me. Every so often, you read a non-fiction book that just speaks to you, that sticks with you because it’s not just informative but because it fits your level of background knowledge and expands your understanding of a topic perfectly.
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