A review by bak8382
Broad Band by Claire L. Evans

4.0

When reading the flap copy it's easy to think you might only be learning about four women, and two of them I already knew about (from picture books no less!), and I was worried I wouldn't be reading about things I didn't already know. I totally underestimated this book. There are many more fascinating women profiled here spanning the 1880s to today. Evans delves into both computer programmers and those leading the forefront of the Internet. Especially fascinating to me was the section on hypertext where they discussed how much more sophisticated it was than the World Wide Web which eventually became the Internet we know today. A great read highlighting women's accomplishments in an industry still predominately thought of as accomplished by men.