“Draft:WITI (Women in Technology International)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

An article statistic garnered the attention of Carolyn Leighton: "three percent of American business executives were women." This point in time set the stage for the creation of the International Network of Women in Technology.^[1]

WITI originated as "a basic email network where women in the local technology industry could connect."^[2]

On March 23, 1992, Computerworld released an approximately 600-word article by Carolyn Leighton. The article detailed the results of an opinion survey of International Network of Women in Technology members. A low percentage of respondents "felt they had equal access to jobs that positioned them for advancement." Moreover, an overwhelming majority faced advancement barriers.^[3]

Through 1995, WITI primarily grew “through word of mouth and electronic email.”^[4]

About 1,200 women attended the first conference,^[5] “Channels for Change.” This conference featured Gloria Steinem as a keynote speaker.^[6]

WITI would implement actions spanning a variety of causes: “speak out against inappropriate uses of technology, investigate barriers to women's advancement, set up a database of women executives for recruitment purposes, open a news bureau to work with the media[,] and create a site on the World Wide Web for women's issues.”^[7]

WITI (Women in Technology) created the WITI (Women in Technology) Foundation in 1995.^[8]

At this time, Julie Lubbering noted the following: "Technology has been a neglected frontier of the women's movement."^[10]

In this year, WITI (Women in Technology) inducted the following women into its Hall of Fame: Ruth Leach Amonette, Dr. Eleanor Baum, Dr. Jaleh Dai, Dr. Barbara Grant, Stephanie L. Kwolek, Dr. Misha Mahowald, Linda Sanford, Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers, Dr. Sheila Widnall, and Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu.^[12]

WITI (Women in Technology) grew “into a major advocacy organization determined to showcase the talents of women.”^[13]

January 31, 1997 marks oldest available record of WITI.com. This record stems from Wayback.com and Web.Archive.com.

References

1. ^Rebecca Smith, "Women Must Redefine Technology, Steinem Says," The Ottawa Citizen, July 15, 1995, LexisNexis
2. ^"Ten to Watch," Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2015," ProQuest.
3. ^Carolyn Leighton, "Women: Scarce at the Top," Computerworld, March 23, 1992, LexisNexis.
4. ^Rebecca Smith, "What We Need to Do is Change the Game" Gloria Steinem Exhorts Women at Tech Conference to Remake System," San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 1995, LexisNexis.
5. ^Rebecca Smith, "Women Must Redefine Technology, Steinem Says," The Ottawa Citizen, July 15, 1995, LexisNexis.
6. ^Rebecca Smith, "What We Need to Do is Change the Game" Gloria Steinem Exhorts Women at Tech Conference to Remake System," San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 1995, LexisNexis.
7. ^Rebecca Smith, "Women Must Redefine Technology, Steinem Says," The Ottawa Citizen, July 15, 1995, LexisNexis.
8. ^"WITI (Women in Technology) Launches Potomac Chapter and Elects Executive Committee for 2000; Washington, D.C. Area Women in Technology to Join 6,000 Members Worldwide," Business Wire, June 12, 2000, Business Insights: Essentials.
9. ^Jill Leovy, "Valley Newswatch / A Special Report: Women in Business," Los Angeles Times, February 26, 1996, ProQuest.
10. ^Jill Leovy, "Valley Newswatch / A Special Report: Women in Business," Los Angeles Times, February 26, 1996, ProQuest.
11. ^"Technology's Top CEOs Recognized by Women in Technology International," Business Wire, June 3, 1998, ProQuest.
12. ^"WITI (Women in Technology) (Women in Technology International) Women in Technology Hall of Fame Archive," WITI, https://www.witi.com/halloffame/archive.php
13. ^Janet Rae-Dupree, "Tech Technique Women in Scientific Fields Get Message of Hope and Encouragement," Chicago Tribune, June 23, 1996, ProQuest.

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