Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Women out of the Loop 1 -- 1 The Magnetic Attraction 15 -- 2 Middle and High School: A Room of His Own 33 -- 3 Computing with a Purpose 49 -- 4 Geek Mythology 61 -- 5 Living among the Programming Gods: The Nexus of Confidence and Interest 77 -- 6 Persistence and Resistance: Staying in Computer Science 93 -- 7 A Tale of 240 Teachers 109 -- 8 Changing the University 129 -- Epilogue: Changing the Conversation in Computer Science 143 -- Appendix: Research Methodology 145 -- Sources and Further Reading 155 -- Index 165.