4 Quotes & Sayings By Anita Borg

Anita Borg has become one of the most influential figures in the fields of technology and women's advocacy. As the founder of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Anita has helped advance women's rights in science using her personal research on gender issues in the workplace. That work led to the creation of Project Athena, which provided more than 100 scholarships to women to attend computer science and engineering programs at MIT and California Polytechnic University, including the famous class of 1989. The reputation she developed as a champion of women's issues earned Anita a seat on President Bill Clinton’s National STEM Education Advisory Committee and led to her selection as an adviser to Microsoft Corporation's Board of Directors Read more

She is also widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on gender issues, having led seminars and workshops at conferences across North America and Europe for more than twenty years.

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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
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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
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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