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Anita Borg was an American computer scientist and women in computing advocate who founded multiple organisations and events for women in computing: the Systers community; the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference (co-founded with Telle Whitney); and the Institute for Women and Technology.
As a researcher, Borg spent 12 years in Digital Equipment's Western Research Laboratory and as consultant engineer in the Network Systems Laboratory in Palo Alto, California. Read more.
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