"Meet the top women in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men." Hosts Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall interview guests:
Dr. Thelma Estrin, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, and her daughter Judy Estrin, Co-Founder and Executive V.P of Bridge Communications
Kay Gilliland, Director of EQUALS at U.C. Berkeley, and Elizabeth Scott, Co-Founder of Rhiannon Software
Adele Goldberg, Xerox PARC and President of ACM
Jan Lewis, President of the Palo Alto Research Group
The show also includes reports about computers in the classroom and The Women's Computer Literacy Project, a commentary by Paul Schindler, the Random Access news report and Paul Schindler's review of the "da Vinci" software program.
Date of Video:
1985
Color. Sound. Length (min:sec): 29:38.
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produced by KCSM-TV (San Mateo, CA) & WITF-TV (Harrisburg, PA)
Interesting Clips:
1:13 "Cave Girl Clare" computer game
2:06 visit to elementary school computer lab and a profile of a 16 year old female computer whiz
11:49 demo of a computer game for girls
15:25 statistics regarding women and technology
16:40 discussion of bias-free software
17:52 visit to Women's Computer Literacy Project and interview with Deborah Brecher, instructor and author of The Women's Computer Literacy Handbook
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