Anita Borg
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"Anita Borg" was an United States/American computer science/computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology (now the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology) and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She was born "Anita Borg Naffz" in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Palatine, Illinois; Kaneohe, Hawaii; and Mukilteo, Washington.

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We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

A young cousin of mine taking a [University of California at Berkeley] computer course was really upset that the professor had shown this highly acclaimed video, Triumph of the Nerds. It leaves out any role women have ever had in computing, ... The women in this class get the message that they have to be different or strange to get into this field.

Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

We'll try to be a catalyst for development projects that include women at all levels - in the design and development process.

None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.

I want all of these folks connected. We're all doing too much reinventing of the wheel, ... The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy. We hope that these two projects will come together and create a structure of continued involvement.