Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (History of Computing)
by Mar Hicks
Programmed Inequality investigates how Britain marginalized women technologists and examines the consequences for its computing industry. Combining the history of technology with an analysis of gender inequality, Mar Hicks traces how workplace practices and institutional choices shaped Britain’s technological development and contributed to the loss of its competitive edge.
About This Book
Programmed Inequality examines the history of computing in Britain through the experiences and treatment of women technologists.
Mar Hicks explores how gender inequality influenced the development of the computing industry and the opportunities available within it.
The book connects the exclusion of women with Britain’s changing position in computing, showing how institutional choices affected technological progress.
It offers a historical account of work, technology, and inequality in the British computing sector.
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