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Judith Milhon | |
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| Born | March 12, 1939 |
| Died | July 19, 2003 (aged 64) |
| Occupation(s) | hacker and author |
| Employer(s) | Horn and Hardart; senior editor at Mondo 2000, frequent contributor to Boing Boing |
| Known for | Coining the term cypherpunk Co-creator of Community Memory Early contributor to the Berkeley Software Distribution |
| Notable work | The Cyberpunk Handbook (1995), How to Mutate and Take Over the World (1996) |
| Movement | Founding member of the cypherpunks |
Judith Milhon (March 12, 1939 in Washington, D.C. USA– July 19, 2003),[1] best known by her pseudonym St. Jude, was a self-taught programmer, civil rights advocate, writer, editor, advocate for women in computing, hacker and author in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Milhon coined the term cypherpunk and was a founding member of the cypherpunks.[2] On July 19, 2003, Milhon died of cancer.[1]
- ^ a b Dodson, Sean (August 8, 2003). "Obituary: Judith Milhon: Making the internet a feminist issue". The Guardian. p. 27. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ Cross, Rosie (February 1, 1995). "Modem Grrrl". Wired. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.