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Girls Who Code is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. Among its programs are a summer immersion program, a specialized campus program, after-school clubs, a college club, College Loops, and a series of books. The organization is based in New York and has programs in all of the United States, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. As of 2022, there were nearly 600,000 Girls Who Code alumnae. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Girls Who CodeA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Wild Animal Coloring BookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: ‘Who was the best?’: Power, knowledge and rationality in bilingual girls’ code choices1Cited 11 times
- Go sideways: Reshma SaujaniA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Gender disparity in computingA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
‘Who was the best?’: Power, knowledge and rationality in bilingual girls’ code choices1
Girls Who Code: Encouraging Girls towards STEM Careers
« Girls who code made in Toulouse », témoins des coding goûters toulousains
‘Girls who code write the future’: Underrepresentation of women in the ICT/IT field in the North of the Netherlands
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Wild Animal Coloring BookKatty Green · 2020
Study Guide The Lucifer Effect by Philip G. ZimbardoSuperSummary · 2019
Study Guide The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurraySuperSummary · 2018
Study GuideSuperSummary · 2018
American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
Night ShiftStephen King · 1960
The Dangerous Book for BoysConn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden · 2006
Code girlsLiza Mundy · 2017
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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