• Recoding History: Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World

  • By: Treefort Media
  • Narrated by: Reshma Saujani
  • Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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Recoding History: Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World

By: Treefort Media
Narrated by: Reshma Saujani
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Publisher's summary

Recoding History: The Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World is an immersive look into the lives of some of computer history's most ingenious and audacious women. Pulling from the Computer History Museum’s archives and hosted by Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code, listeners will learn and laugh along with these great minds as they recount their stories in their own words. In addition, Reshma and contributing experts help bring the women’s remarkable accomplishments to life and discuss their significance in the longer arc of technological history. In an era driven by technology and computing, Recoding History: The Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World spotlights lesser-known figures whose work continues to impact our daily lives–and reminds listeners that in order to build a brighter future, inclusion and innovation must go hand-in-hand.

Recoding History: The Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World is an Audible Original presented in partnership with The Computer History Museum and produced by Treefort Media.

©2024 Computer History Museum (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC.
About the Narrator-Reshma Saujani

About the Narrator

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code. She is also the founder and CEO of Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for Moms). She is the author of the instant bestseller PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think). Reshma has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Reshma is also the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, and her influential TED talk, “Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection,” has more than five million views globally. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for US Congress. Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their sons, Shaan and Sai, and their bulldog, Stanley.

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  • 03-03-24

Breaking the Glass Ceiling

What a thrill to hear the personal stories of these women who used their brains, their personalities and their determination to contribute to the computer revolution. Inspiring!

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Just learned something new

What I dislike is that these remarkable women have to stay hidden for so long

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inspiring

I found the stories of the women mentioned were inspiring and personal felt encouraged to continue my engineering career. you never know the impact the work you do may have in a world that is constantly changing when it comes to technology.

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The passion of the author/podcaster for the subject matter

Couldn’t stop listening. So much great underreported history of women in tech! Highly recommend to everyone.

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A Must Read

This is a rare and important book. Hearing the story of the development of computers by so many women in so many different areas is absolutely inspiring. Rarely do we get a chance to hear in their own voices a group of people who have changed the world this book should be reading for anybody who touches an electronic devicedrives an electric car or plays on their computer or handheld device bravo to these women and the author who put this together and the reader who enjoys this thoroughly

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