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 Liz Henry presenting at Web2Open 2007 |
Liz Henry (born 1969) is a blogger, author, translator, technologist, and activist. She is the Firefox Release Manager and BugMaster for Mozilla. She has also served on the advisory board of the GimpGirl Community and The Ada Initiative. In 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Henry flew to Houston to help the evacuees. She worked with Technology For All to help people use technology to reconnect and rebuild.
In 2011, Henry played a key role in the unveiling of "A Gay Girl In Damascus."
In 2012 Aqueduct Press published a book of her poems, Unruly Islands. Henry also edited The WisCon Chronicles: Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction.
In 2013 she was instrumental in forming the first women's hacker space in SF, Double Union.
References
- https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/lizhenry/
- https://books.google.com/books?id=X2QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=Hurricane+Katrina++liz+henry&source=bl&ots=EXjsLZYeYo&sig=xpQjT-xq8pz30DCry5SjTKEHpiI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD0djR2rHLAhUUTGMKHW9jABsQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q=Hurricane%20Katrina%20%20liz%20henry&f=false
- http://bookmaniac.org/painful-doubts-about-amina/
- http://www.theaminaprofile.com/blog/2015/1/21/character-profile-liz-henry
- https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-rise-of-feminist-hackerspaces-and-how-to-make-your-own