When we as a society are connected through this technology, we will see more woman sharing experience and helping each other break through barriers.
Predictor: Borg, Anita
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of April, 1994, Working Woman article “Sex & the Superhighway” by Bronwyn Fryer. Fryer hopes for a greater role for women in technical and management positions. She writes: ”The Internet, a giant worldwide electronic network that links many networks in a huge communications web – perceived by many as the forerunner of the information superhighway – is a democratizing agent, although comparatively few women are online. Says Anita Borg, a researcher at Digital Equipment and founder of the Systers network, an electronic community of more than 1,500 technical women, ‘When we as a society are connected through this technology, we will see more woman sharing experience and helping each other break through barriers.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Sex & the Superhighway
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 216
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne