[chongli]

( Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, etc. )

I think the problem is that we always name these two. Ada Lovelace died 161 years ago. Is she really all that relevant a role model for girls today?

[_bfhp]

Well, with the combined factors of WWII keeping the men busy, and the general conception around that time that "computing" was boring data-entry work -- and so, fit for women -- the fact that those handful of pioneering women (Hopper et al) were alive around early/mid 20th century isn't coincidence. The last real "wave" of women programmers has long been over..

[_bfhp]

@poorelise - I admit that I'm ignorant of modern figures in programming who are women. What I meant with "wave" is that the famous women programmers that are often mentioned/taught about, cluster around a time period where we can identify a trend.

[poorelise]

There are many famous female coders working atm, I think there is even a web site dedicated to them.

The problem is when you require a "wave". Then people start getting really confused about statistics and correlation vs causation.

[JonnieCache]

As soon as it became clear that software was an important and serious business, it immediately became male-dominated.