A HISTORY OF COMPUTING

By H. NOOND

CONTENTS 1 CONNECTING GENDER, WOMEN AND ICT IN EUROPE: A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE PART I NETWORKS AND EMPOWERMENT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 2 TELEGRAPHY AND THE “NEW WOMAN” IN LATE-NINETEENTH- CENTURY EUROPE 3 AIRING THE DIFFERENCES: AN APPROACH TO THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SPANISH FREE RADIO MOVEMENT (1976–2014) 4 FROM MARIE-CLAIRE MAGAZINE’S AUTHORITATIVE PEDAGOGY TO THE HELLOCOTON BLOG PLATFORM’S KNOWLEDGE SHARING: BETWEEN GENDER CONSTRUCTION AND GENDER APPROPRIATION PART II GENDERED REPRESENTATIONS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 5 THE SYLVIAC AFFAIR (1904–1910) OR JOAN OF ARC VERSUS THE DEMOISELLES DU TÉLÉPHONE 6 THE REPRESENTATIONAL INTERTWINEMENT OF GENDER, AGE AND USES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN GERMAN AND FRENCH PRETEEN MAGAZINES PART III ICT AND PROFESSIONALIZATION INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 7 FROM COMPUTING GIRLS TO DATA PROCESSORS: WOMEN ASSISTANTS IN THE ROTHAMSTED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 8 THE GENDERING OF THE COMPUTING FIELD IN FINLAND, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM BETWEEN 1960 AND 1990 9 BREAKING THE “GLASS SLIPPER”: WHAT DIVERSITY INTERVENTIONS CAN LEARN FROM THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY IN ICT AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION 10 GENDER-TECHNOLOGY RELATIONS IN THE VARIOUS AGES OF INFORMATION SOCIETIES