Ladies of Code is an international non-profit organization dedicated to supporting professional women software developers. The organization is best known for its meet-ups, conferences, hack nights, career development workshops, study groups, and speaker series featuring influential information technology industry experts.
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History
Ladies Who Code was founded in April 2011 by Angie Maguire and Shoshi Roberts. The first US event took place in New York on June 29th followed by the first European event in London on September 7th.
In 2012, Ladies Who Code produced their first conference in NYC featuring leading industry experts and bringing together it's North American chapters. In 2013, Ladies Who Code produced their first London conference bringing together its European membership. In 2017, Ladies of Code will relaunch their UK conference.
In 2013, Ladies Who Code launched a series of scholarships focussed on providing free professional training and access to industry events.
In 2016, on International Women's Day, Ladies Who Code launched a monthly interview series. and became Ladies of Code in Europe.
Ladies of Code has active chapters in London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Paris.