I like the picture a lot, but I'd take the male/female symbols out of
it, I think they're cheesy and the point is better made more subtly and
implicitly just by the image itself, rather than beating people over the
head with it with the gender symbols.
But I also have no idea why "open up the door" is apropos.
On 12/6/2012 6:24 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote:
I have come up with an unofficial Code4lib 2013 conference poster. It was inspired by
the recent discussions exploring ways to be more gender inclusive in our community, to
"open up the door".
Although often unacknowledged, women have been coders since the beginning. The photo is
from the Computer History Museum website, which states "In 1952, mathematician Grace
Hopper completed what is considered to be the first compiler, a program that allows a
computer user to use English-like words instead of numbers." [1] Props there! The
photo was actually taken in 1961 and shows Ms. Hopper in front of UNIVAC magnetic tape
drives and holding a COBOL programming manual [2].
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Bonus points for knowing additional reasons why "open up the door" is apropos.
-- Michael
[1] http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1952
[2] http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102635875
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