Careers of Women in Science: Issues of Power and Control (Conference, May 2001)

Organizations Supporting & Encouraging Girls in Science

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AAUW - The American Association of University Women is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls.
http://www.aauw.org/texthome.html

Against The Odds - This site is dedicated to girls learning about, and expressing their interest in, science, technology, and entrepeneurship.
http://nrgen.com/against_the_odds/

AWSEM - Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics - In the Portland area, AWSEM sponsors after-school clubs where girls meet peers with similar interests, get to know cool college-age women studying science or math related-disciplines, and get to work with experienced women professionals from aeronautic engineers to zoologists. AWSEM also provides toolkits and resources for supporting girls in your own community.
http://www.awsem.org/

Backyard Project -Designed for high school girls exploring a career in computer science. The Backyard Project was a pilot program of the Garnett Foundation, and was fully funded by the Foundation from 1997 through 1999. It is called The Backyard Project because even in the backyard of the birthplace of the technology industry, young women are still not gravitating toward jobs in thecomputer industry.

The Backyard Project seeks to build young women's awareness of careers in the computer industry. The Project does this through numerous avenues, including the hosting of field trips to high tech industry offices, sponsorship of career day conferences, disseminating information to high schools, and coordinating interviews for Backyard Girls with industry role models. In addition, the Backyard Project sponsors a summer computer camp for girls interested in careers in the computer industry.The camp provides each girl with an environment where they can immerse themselves freely in the technology and meet women from the computer industry. The Backyard Project also provides a network of role models ready to help boost young women's interests into more technical fields.
http://www.backyard.org/interviews/index.html

Black Geeks Online - Black Geeks online was launched in January 1996 to connect tech-savvy African Americans who are willing and eager to bridge the widening gap between technology haves and have-nots. As of November 1999 over 25,000 people had joined Why? Experience indicates that from South Central to South Jersey computing is a hard sell in "the 'hood." Unlike baggy pants, hip-hop music and drugs, Information Technology (IT) is rarely marketed to African Americans. Black "geeks" rarely appear in media ads; there are few (if any) hardware and software ads in Emerge, Essence, Vibe, The Source, Black Enterprise; and the "nerd" and "geek" images associated with computer professionals are still considered "uncool."( Anita Brown, Founder and Chair)
http://www.blackgeeks.net/2about.html

CyberSisters - An educational telementoring program in science, math, and technology for middle school girls.
http://www.cyber-sisters.org/

Eyes To The Future - "Eyes to the Future" gives girls broader knowledge of possible futures in high school and science and technology-related careers as well as personal relationships with female role models who can lend emotional and academic support.
http://www.terc.edu/etf/about.html

Design Your Future - Design Your Future: Math, Science, and Technology for Girls is an educational initiative that was launched by Autodesk, a leading software design company,in October, 1997.Design Your Future (DYF) is championed by Autodesk Chairman and CEO Carol Bartz, and is driven by a group of female managers at Autodesk in partnership with a team of female interns.

According to Bartz, one of the few women who are in charge of a Technology Fortune 500 company, "The number of women in technology today is appalling. As a corporation, we cannot allow young girls to be left out of the technology
revolution because they lack fundamental skills or interest in math or science."
http://www.autodesk.com/dyf/about/aboutindex.html

GAP (Girls Are Powerful) - A girls on-line technology club.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/club/

GirlTECH - Getting Girls Interested in Computers -Cynthia Lanius of Rice University has put together a valuable collection of resources concerned with spurring girls' interest in mathematics and computer science. This page includes an introduction to the issue, ten tips, and a large collection of links to related sites.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/club/girls.html

GirlGeeks® - This is the Career Success Site for Professional Women in Information Technology. GirlGeeks provides jobs, high-quality career, training and motivational services and products for women using IT to prosper and grow. Women come to GirlGeeks to advance their careers, find appropriate training and connect with other women who have similar experiences.
http://www.girlgeeks.com/

Hewlett Packard Telementor Program - This program allows HP professionals worldwide to help students, through teacher-supervised projects, in the critical areas of math, science, professional communication skills and career planning.
http://www.telementor.org/hp/html/body_index.htm

Independent Means - The Independent Means website is the place for women under-twenty (and their over-twenty mentors) to find an income of their own. Independent Means provides products and services for girls' financial independence.
http://www.anincomeofherown.com/

Expanding Your Horizons - This non-profit membership organization's major goal is to increase the participation, retention, and advancement of girls and women in mathematics, science, and technology. Activities include conferences for 6-12 grade girls held nationwide.
http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/

Invention Dimension - A web site at MIT, featuring an "Inventor of the Week" and an archive of inventors. Many women are featured, including computer pioneer Grace Hopper.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

LiveWire - Computer Confidence for Women -A series of some 20 enjoyable, well-written columns by Rachel Adelson that explore "the ways that women can become confident and self-sufficient" in dealing with computers.
http://www.awc-hq.org/livewire/

Mentorgirls.org - A a clearinghouse of resources for women IT mentors (and all mentors) that also publishes the MentorGirl Voice newsletter. Goal is to provide a central location where prospective and seasoned mentors/educators/role models/youth groups can utilize these valuable resources from one repository where everyone can contribute. By connecting with peers, sharing resources, and getting involved in online and local community action, visitors to this webspace will gain a positive perspective, creating swirls of enthusiasm toward getting involved as mentors and role models in our global communities.
http://homepage.mac.com/mentorgirls/

MentorNet - MentorNet is The National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science. It pairs women who are studying engineering or science at one of our participating colleges or universities with professional scientists and engineers working in industry, and helps them form e-mail based mentoring relationships.
http://www.mentornet.net/Documents/Program/

Nobel Prize Internet Archive - List of women Nobel Prize Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology & Medicine with information on their careers and accomplishments.
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/women.html

Plugged-In - Plugged In is a program designed to improve girls' skills and confidence in math, science and computer technology.
http://www.pluggedin.org/about_us/index.html

Role Model Project for Girls - Site created to share the notion that girls can grow up to be almost anything--in a wide variety of professional careers--way more than they probably know exist.Includes role model registry that includes career descriptions from women in various scientific careeers.
http://womenswork.org/girls/

Tap Junior -Resource page designed to include information and issues relating to K-12 girls and computing.
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/tap-junior.html

Universe Girl - provides information for teenage girls, their parents and teachers regarding cool careers in math, science and technology.

WattWorks - A forum for showcasing the successes of Girls' Science, Math, and Technology Programs.
http://www.tomorrows-girl.com/wattworks.htm

Webgrrls - Webgrrls is an international organization that provides women who are in or interested in the Internet with a forum to network, exchange job and business leads, teach and mentor, intern and learn, to succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world.
http://www.webgrrls.com/

Women of NASA - A resource developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology. The Women of NASA is an interactive project showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers and demonstrates how these women balance personal and professional responsibilities.
The main components of the project are the interactive events which include live chats, forums, and webcasts and offer participants the opportunity to dialogue with the featured mentor. You will also find the profiles and archived events a rich source of information on the NASA women and their work.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html

WoodkaWeb - Site covers the same ground as Donna Woodka's not yet published book, The Internet for Girls: Connecting Girls With Math, Science and Technology. Online topics/resources include encouraging girls in math and science; teaching and parenting with the Internet; online mentors and peer groups; connecting girls around the world; the Internet for girrrls themselves; Internet safety and netiquette; WWW resources; an annotated equity in education bibliography; and more.)
http://www.sdsc.edu/~woodka/donna.htm