Female computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Female. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
 | Ada Lovelace World's first computer programmer. Category: Female , Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Adele Goldberg Computer scientist who helped develop Smalltalk. Category: Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Amanda Chessell Computer scientist and engineer at IBM known for software inventions and innovation of development tools. Category: Engineer, Female , Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Amber Macarthur Canadian television and netcasting personality well known for the Call for Help series. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Arianna Huffington Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. Category: Editor, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Barbara Liskov First women in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. from a computer science department. Category: Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Barbara Simons American computer scientist and former president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Category: Director, Female , Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Becky Worley American journalist and broadcaster best known for being TechLive's Computer Security Analyst. Category: Analyst, Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Bonnie Ross General manager at Microsoft Game Studios and studio head of 343 Industries. Category: Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Cali Lewis American podcaster and Internet personality. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Carol Bartz Former president and CEO of Yahoo! Category: CEO, Chairman, Female , Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Carol Shaw American software engineer and the first female video game designer. Category: Engineer, Female , Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Carolyn Meinel American hacker and author and specialist in script kiddie hacking. Category: Female , Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Caterina Fake American businesswoman known for co-founding the websites Flickr and Hunch. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Cher Wang Taiwanese entrepreneur and co-founder and chairperson of HTC Corporation. Category: Entrepreneur, Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Cindy Bates Vice president of SMB (Small-to-Midsized Business) at Microsoft Company. Category: Female , Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Dana Ulery Pioneer in scientific computing applications and the first woman engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Category: Engineer, Female , Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Danah Boyd Social media scholar, youth researcher and advocate who works at Microsoft Research. Category: Female , Manager, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Danese Cooper Open source diva and American computer programmer. Category: Director, Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Donna Dubinsky American Businesswoman who helped with the development of PDAs at Palm. Category: CEO, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Edith Clarke Electrical engineer and the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States. Category: Engineer, Female , Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Elizabeth Feinler American information scientist and former director of the Network Information Systems Center. Category: Director, Female , Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Enid Mumford British social scientist and computer scientist known for her work on human factors. Category: Female , Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Evelyn Berezin American computer engineer known for designing one of the first word processors. Category: Engineer, Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Evelyn Granville One of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D in mathematics. Category: African American, Female , Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Frances Allen American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Category: Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Gertrude Blanch American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation. Category: Director, Female , Manager, Mathematician, and Writer |
 | Gina Trapani American web developer, tech blogger, writer, and founder of the Lifehacker blog. Category: Female , Founder, Hacker, Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ginny Strazisar Wrote the first Internet working router. Category: Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Grace Hopper Female officer who extended the meaning of debug and is erroneously credited as coining the term bug. Category: Female , Inventor, Manager, President, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Jane Moran Global CIO of consumer goods manufacturer Unilever. Category: Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Jean Sammet American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language. Category: Engineer, Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Jennifer Pahlka Founder and Executive Director of Code for America and U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Category: Director, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jeri Ellsworth American self-taught computer chip designer and entrepreneur. Category: Entrepreneur, Female , Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Jolie Odell Internet personality known for her blog and writing work with Mashable and VentureBeat. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, and Writer |
 | Joyce Reynolds Computer scientist who helped develop Internet protocols. Category: Editor, Female , Manager, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Justine Ezarik American Internet personality, lifecaster, and viral video comedian. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Kara Swisher American technology columnist and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Category: Editor, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Karen Jones Computer scientist who developed the concept of IDF (inverse document frequency). Category: Female , Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Kim Komando Host of an American talk radio program The Kim Komando Show which covers personal computers. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Leslie Berlin Project historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University and contributing writer for the New York Times. Category: Female , Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Lois Haibt Computer scientist known for being a member of the ten-person team at IBM that developed FORTRAN. Category: Female , Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Lorinda Cherry Computer programmer who worked at Bell Labs as an assembly language programmer. Category: Female , Manager, Programmer, and Writer |
 | Luanne Johnson Founded Argonaut Information Systems to sell payroll and accounts payable software in 1971. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Lydia Kavraki Greek-American computer scientist known for her work on motion planning and bioinformatics. Category: Female , Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Lynn Conway American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor who invented the generalized dynamic instruction handling. Category: Engineer, Female , Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Marissa Mayer Former Google vice president and Yahoo CEO. Category: CEO, Engineer, Female , Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Marlyn Wescoff One of the original developers of the ENIAC computer. Category: Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Martha Fox English businesswoman, charity trustee, and co-founder of lastminute.com. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Foley Writer for the tech industry, including ZDNet and frequent quest on radio, TV, and podcasts. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Jepsen Leader of the Display Division at Google X Lab and co-founder of One Laptop per Child. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mary Keller First American woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Meg Whitman American business executive and president of Hewlett-Packard. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female , Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Mina Rees American mathematician, and the first female President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Category: Female , Manager, Mathematician, President, and Writer |
 | Molly Holzschlag American author, lecturer, and advocate for the Open Web. Category: Female , Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Radia Perlman Mother of the Internet. Category: Engineer, Female , Inventor, Manager, and Writer |
 | Regina Dugan 19th (and the first woman) Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Female , Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Roberta Williams American video game creator and designer and co-founder of Sierra Entertainment. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Rosalind Picard Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. Category: Director, Female , Founder, Inventor, Manager, Professor, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Safra Catz Israeli-born American business executive at Oracle Corporation. Category: CEO, Female , Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Sandra Kurtzig Software management firm and former CEO of the ASK Group. Category: CEO, Female , Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sandra Lerner Co-founder of Cisco Systems and founder of Urban Decay cosmetics. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Sarah Lane American television and Internet personality. Category: Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Shafi Goldwasser Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. Category: Female , Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer |
 | Sheryl Sandberg American businesswoman and chief operating officer of Facebook. Category: Female , Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Sophia Bekele Business and corporate executive and Executive Director and Founder of DotConnectAfrica Trust. Category: CEO, Director, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Stephanie Shirley British businesswoman and philanthropist who is best known for founding the software company F.I. Group. Category: Female , Founder, Manager, President, and Writer |
 | Sue Gardner Canadian journalist and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (2007-2013). Category: Director, Female , Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Susan Dumais Principal Researcher in the CLUES (Context, Learning, and User Experience for Search) Group of Microsoft Research. Category: Female , Manager, Professor, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Susan Kare Artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. Category: Director, Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Susan Wojcicki American businesswoman and CEO of YouTube. Category: CEO, Female , Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Tiffany Shlain American Internet pioneer, filmmaker, author, and founder of the Webby Awards. Category: CEO, Director, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Ursula Burns Madam chairman (or chairperson) and CEO of Xerox and the first the African-American woman CEO. Category: African American, CEO, Chairman, Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Valerie Landau American software designer, author, and educator and director of Round World Media. Category: Director, Female , Founder, Manager, and Writer |
 | Veronica Belmont Co-host of Revision3 Tekzilla. Category: Editor, Female , Manager, Personality, Twitter, and Writer |
 | Virginia Rometty American business executive and the first CEO of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female , Manager, and Writer |
 | Winifred Asprey American mathematician and computer scientist. Category: Female , Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, and Writer |
 | Xeni Jardin American digital media commentator, tech culture journalist, weblogger, and founder of Boing Boing. Category: Editor, Female , Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer |