David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > Steve Simmons <scs at lokkur.dexter.mi.us> writes: > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:27:50PM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > > > > Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > > > > > There's definitely no lack of female role models in computer > > > > science. > > > > > > Yes there is. There are a couple of famous ones, one of whom is > > > famous primarily for modern work that was simply named after her, and > > > that's pretty much it. > > > > Almost all the 'famous' hackers are male, but I can name a helluva lot > > more influential women in CS than I can in engineering. This may reflect > > my greater knowledge of CS as a field, but I doubt it. > > I think you're probably right that there are more examples of > significant or influential women in CS than in most kinds of > engineering. I just don't consider the number that there are to > constitute "definitely no lack" of female role models. And if you want more discourse on the subject, visit alt.poly :-/