Susan

KD Paine should also be on this list.

I am not sure how I missed Gina Trapani, she should absolutely be on this list. I do not know Barb Dybward, but I will definitely look into her and the other links you provided.

I agree that the “where are the women in tech” argument is fairly lame because people just don’t seem to look.

I think that either Gina Trapani or Barb Dybward would fit the bill of what you’re talking about here. Also Rohit Bhargarva did this Women of Personality Project http://www.thepersonalityproject.com/wop2/ that although it’s not all tech women, there are quite a few in there.

Also one of the links I posted from FC wasn’t just the magazine article but an archive of everything FC has done on Women In Tech (or at least most everything they’ve covered about Women In Tech all with lists that you might pull from).

There’s also Women Who Tech http://www.womenwhotech.com/ and Women In Tech and Girls In Tech, where you might find some women you’d want to add to your list.

You’ve just touched on one of the topics that I’m always talking about. People are always asking where are the women in tech, and they’re definitely out there.

I remember seeing the Fast Company article but that was definitely more of a “most influential” list. I was trying to focus more on women I would want my daughters to talk to and learn more from, maybe specific traits from each. It could be very closely related to the most influential list, but this is more of a personal list.

Caterina Fake I do not know as much about though she is probably a good addition. I did not include Sarah Lacy because I already have Kara Swisher and they are very similar.

Caterina Fake – Co-founder of Flickr
Sarah Lacy – Tech Journalist

Here’s a great list by FastCompany:

http://www.fastcompany.com/mag.....ology.html

There have been some incredibly rich discussions on the topic at Hacker News:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=332819
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=838136

Some stereotypes and bias displayed in the discussions, but that’s actually useful to read if you want to understand both sides of the issue, because you get a clearer picture of people’s true feelings and motivations on the subject.