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Need inputs for bibliography

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Bibliographies, Help Us, Syllabi | No Comments »

Just a reminder that Daryl Hafter and I are compiling a bibliography of works on women and technology for the Lisbon 2008 meeting.  Please send me authors and titles of your favorite articles and books, including your own! Copies of ...

Do you know the source of the name “murgatroyd” for MIT female students in 1940s?

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Email Discussions, Help Us | 2 Comments »

Dear Colleagues, Just received the following from a local high school teacher: "I would be interested if any of you know where the name "Murgatroyd" came from for a female student at MIT in the 1940s. I recall seeing a caricature of ...

Link to mystery tool-

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Email Discussions, Help Us, Links | 1 Comment »

The complete link for the mystery tool is here and here "Withniks, Perhaps you can help with this puzzle. We have, in our very small museum, this tool: http://people.whitman.edu/~lermanne/museum/What-is-this.html If you could tell me of a similar tool, a person who may know about ...

Help us update the “WITH at 21″ publication for WITH at 50

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Help Us, History, Publications | No Comments »

Help us create the "WITH at 50" publication! WITH members should read this 1997 version "WITH at 21" carefully and make additions or corrections. It's posted to receive comments so we can prepare an update for the 50th anniversary. This will ...