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Women in Technical Communication

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edited by Sharon Burton

Pre-order Sale: Special price until March 30, 2026

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Women have shaped the field of technical communication for over 50 years. Women in Technical Communication presents, in their own words, the stories of the women who pioneered the field and those who are carrying it into the future.

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Description

For the first time, the stories of the women who built the profession of technical communication have been brought together. These women helped shape how the world understands technology.

Spanning fifty years of innovation, from typewriters to personal computers to smartphones, these first-hand stories reveal how women in technical communication carved out careers, led change, and defined a field in constant motion.

Told in their own words, this anthology celebrates the pioneers who turned communication into a bridge between people and technology.

Contents

Each women featured in this book contributed an essay about her life and experience as a technical communicator. Taken together, these essays form a history of technical communication from the perspective of the women who pioneered the field as well as those who are taking technical communication into the future.

In addition, the stories of how these women met and overcame challenges and obstacles during their careers provide a road map for anyone coming into the field now.

About Sharon Burton

Sharon Burton consults as a technical content strategist and teaches part-time at the University of California, Riverside, in the Bourns College of Engineering. Leveraging her graduate cultural anthropology education, Sharon’s career has been built around making content and content development easier for both businesses and content consumers.

In her spare time, she knits, sews, cooks, grows food, bakes bread, and goes to the gym. She can be found on the back of her husband’s motorcycle or driving her little red sports car. Three or more nights a week, Sharon teaches baby engineers to communicate at the University of California, Riverside, as part of the engineering program.

Contributors

Told in their own words, this anthology celebrates these pioneers who turned communication into a bridge between people and technology:

Rahel Anne Bailie Carol Barnum Mollye Barrett
Paula R. Berger Alisa Bonsignore Rhonda Bracey
Katherine (Kit) Brown-Hoekstra Sharon Burton Patricia Carmel
Jennifer Condon Amanda Cross Jackie Damrau
Melanie Denise Anderson Davis Sandhya Devasani Jacqueline Emanuele
Beth Favini Jamie Meade Fix Barbara A. Giammona
Jodie Gilmore JoAnn T. Hackos Beth Haggerty
Bee Hanson Radhika Hari Hanna Heinonen
Brenda Huettner Caroline Jarrett Sajitha Jayaprakash
Mersedeh Jorjani Sarah K.Gunning Debra W. Kahn
Laura Katajisto Sneha Khanwelkar Victoria (Vici) Koster-Lenhardt
Loria Kutch Cheryl Landes Joan Lasselle
Katarzyna Lech Anne Lustig-Picus Julie MacAller
C. Blaise Mitsutama Suzanna Morris Randee Napp
Traci Nathans-Kelly Hanna Nelson Kristy Lantz Newport
Laura A. Palmer Aruna Panangipally Kamala Raghunath
Judy Ramey Janice (Ginny) Redish Kersten Richter
Paula Robertson Ann Rockley Stephanie Rosenbaum
Stefanie Rosenberg Suzanne Rubinstein Yvonne Wade Sanchez
Karen Schriver Patricia Shore Cynthia Smith
Annette Sohor Sara Stein Tytti Suojanen
Amber Swope Susan Tacker Thea Teich
Joy Valentine Danielle M. Villegas Leigh W. White
Miriam F. Williams Dana Worley

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