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Discrimination in the employment of women in the computer industry

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Richard E. Weber,

Bruce GilchristAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 18, Issue 7

Pages 416 - 418

https://doi.org/10.1145/360881.360921

Published: 01 July 1975 Publication History

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It has been more than ten years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which were intended to end employment and wage discrimination against women. Thus it seems an appropriate time for the computer industry to examine its own employment practices with respect to women.

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Weber, Richard E., and Gilchrist, Bruce. Numerical Bias in the 1970 U.S. Census Data on Computer Occupations. AFIPS Press, Montvale, N.J., 1974.

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Discrimination in the employment of women in the computer industry
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Computing occupations

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Communications of the ACM Volume 18, Issue 7

July 1975

54 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

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DOI:10.1145/360881

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Robert L. Ashenhurst
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