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Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Able Bring Communicators Demand Executive Future Going Incredibly Leaders Leadership People Positions Real Things Valuable Visionary Will Women

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If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Accessible All People Build Computer Disabled Enslave Female Male Old People Rather Serve Society Systems Technology Than Want Wizards Young

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We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Building Economical Going History Impact Lives Our Personal Personal Lives Point Political Social Things Unique Where

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The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Another Create Enables Having Hierarchy Ideas Internet Share Us Without

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If women want to ensure themselves a meaningful place in the future, they need to be among those determining how the technology will be used. They need to be among those deciding whether it will be the great leveler or simply serve to worsen social divisions.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Among Deciding Determining Divisions Ensure Future Great How Meaningful Need Place Serve Simply Social Technology Themselves Those Used Want Whether Will Women

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I believe women think differently.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Believe Differently Think Women I Believe

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None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Address Devices Just Keep Lives Many None Own People Track Women

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Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Change Corporation Expect More Than Will Women

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Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Came Community Computer Computer Science Did Exist Existence Global Notion Science Until Women

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The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.

~Anita Borg

Topics: Being Civilized Does Internet Particularly Place Reputation

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: January 17th, 1949

Died: April 6th, 2003

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