Mary Ann Horton

Mary Ann Horton
Horton in 2012
Born (1955-11-21) November 21, 1955 (age 68)
Richland, Washington
Websitemaryannhorton.com

Mary Ann Horton (born on November 21, 1955), is a Usenet and Internet pioneer. Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX (BSD), including the vi editor and terminfo database,[1][2] created the first email binary attachment tool uuencode, and led the growth of Usenet in the 1980s.[3]

Horton successfully requested the first transgender-inclusive language added to the Equal Employment Policy in a large American company, and championed the language and insurance coverage of transgender health benefits at other companies.[4]

Horton is a computer scientist and a transgender educator and activist.

  1. ^ "Interview with Bill Joy". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ Joy, Bill. "vi Reference Manual" (roff source). 4.4 BSD (encumbered, not Lite). CSRG, UC Berkeley. (see Acknowlegments section at end of file)
  3. ^ On the Early Days of Usenet: The Roots of the Cooperative Online Culture
  4. ^ "Lucent Technologies Protects Transgendered Employees" (Press release). Columbus: It's Time, Ohio!. December 19, 1997. Archived from the original on 2000-09-14.