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10 - An Interview with Dr. Sue Black, OBE, Computer Scientist and Computing Evangelist

from Part III - Cultural Perspectives from the United States and Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2019

Carol Frieze
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Jeria L. Quesenberry
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

Dr. Black is perhaps most well known for initiating – and succeeding – in “saving Bletchley Park” (which is also the title of her book). Bletchley Park was a top-secret center for the famous World War II code breakers, including many women, whose work was credited with shortening the war by two to four years. The center deteriorated rapidly after the war and would most probably have been dismantled if not for the fundraising efforts of Dr. Black and her supporters. Bletchley Park is now a thriving visitors’ center and is co-housed with the UK National Museum of Computing. Dr. Black’s initial involvement with Bletchley Park inspired her to conduct an oral history project to capture the memories of the women who worked there. She met several of the surviving women code breakers; some shared their stories with her, others never revealed the details of their highly secret work.

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Cracking the Digital Ceiling
Women in Computing around the World
, pp. 183 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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References

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). (2018). “Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2016/17 – Student numbers and characterisrics.” Retrieved April 16, 2019, from www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics/numbers.Google Scholar

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