Life Without Ceilings: A Woman's Career in Computers

Born in 1944, Mary Gorden grew up with dreams of becoming an astronaut and a scientist. But during the 1950s and 60s traditional attitudes about women in the workplace still prevailed. Mary's searing memories of being told "Girl don't" in response to her aspirations opens this compelling memoir of her journey through the groundbreaking new world of computer programming and the computer as a business tool.

After she graduated from college in Wisconsin with a degree in Mathematics, Mary made he…