Women game designers

[Bruce Whitehill]

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers

Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

This was in my Thanksgiving Day email feed from JSTOR.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Bruce

(Turkeyless in Germany)

[Greta Pennell]

Thanks for sharing Bruce!  A very interesting piece.

Greta

Greta Eleen Pennell, Ph.D.

President, International Toy Research Association

Editor, The Humanist Sociologist

Professor Emerita School of Education

University of Indianapolis

1400 E. Hanna Av

Indianapolis, IN 46227

E-mail:  gpen...@uindy.edu

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[Ivo]

Amazing stuff!

All the best from Vienna

Ivo

Am 27.11.2025 um 23:41 schrieb Bruce Whitehill <brucewh...@gmail.com>:

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers

Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

This was in my Thanksgiving Day email feed from JSTOR.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Bruce

(Turkeyless in Germany)

[Andrea LIGABUE]

Thank you Bruce

This article is arriving just in time.
The next edition of Play - The Games Festival (www.play-festival.it), that will take place in Bolognafiere 22-24 May 2026, will focus on the women contribution to the games world and also to how is and was the women representation in games. That was because in 2026 in Italy It's the eightieth anniversary of women's suffrage.

Of course any suggestions on books, documents, papers and even notable guests who can participate in the festival and enrich the debate on these topics are welcome.

good play and best wishes

Andrea

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