<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Apropos of our discussions on Isaacson, there's a story in the SF Chronicle today that discusses this trend of popularizing accounts of women in tech history. </div><div><br></div><div>I was glad to see Janet Abbate is quoted several times. I spoke to the reporter too, but unfortunately I am misquoted at one point as saying that the ENIAC women never wrote their own stories. Ugh. Oh well--just another cautionary tale about the circuitous path history takes from academia to popular culture. And a reminder that if you see someone quoted as saying something odd or incorrect, there's a good chance they didn't say it :)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://m.sfgate.com/business/article/Women-are-claiming-their-place-in-tech-history-5815512.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile">http://m.sfgate.com/business/article/Women-are-claiming-their-place-in-tech-history-5815512.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Marie<br><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">______________________<br>Marie Hicks, Ph.D.<br>Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>Illinois Institute of Technology<br>Chicago, IL USA<br><a href="http://mariehicks.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">mariehicks.net</a> | <a href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | @histoftech</span></div></div></body></html>