In response to Tara Conley's request for further readings on histories of gender and computing, in addition to what others have recommended: Janet Abbate has a site about her research on women in computing that also includes links to the Ada Project and other sites with further information: http://www.womenincomputing.net/ Sharon Irish Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St. MC-493 Champaign, IL 61820 (o) 217.333.7094 slirish@illinois.edu