Anita Borg Quotes

Anita Borg — American Scientist born on January 17, 1949, died on April 06, 2003

Anita Borg was an American 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... (wikipedia)

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.

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.

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist.

Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

Anita Borg Quotes

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