{"id":1005,"date":"2021-06-28T08:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strong-wp.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/?page_id=1005"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:07:50","slug":"women-in-games-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/collections\/icheg\/women-in-games-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Games Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"heroInternal__bgImage \" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WIG-1.jpg');\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heroInternal bgGradient bgGradient__small\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WIG-1.jpg');\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n                <h1>Women in Games Initiative<\/h1>\n                <svg id=\"animateLink\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 300 11\"><g id=\"Layer_2\" data-name=\"Layer 2\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\" data-name=\"Layer 1\"><path stroke=\"#ffd204\" fill=\"none\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5\" class=\"cls-1\" d=\"M0,2.5c8.82,0,8.82,6,17.65,6s8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.83-6,17.66-6,8.82,6,17.65,6\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n            <ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\" title=\"Homepage\">Homepage<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"breadsep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/themes\/navigation-pro\/images\/triangle-right.svg\"> <\/li><\/ul>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <p>Launched in 2017, The Strong\u2019s Women in Games Initiative is guided by the overarching goal of inspiring girls, young women, and other under-represented people to confidently play games and pursue careers in the games industry. The Women in Games Initiative encompasses a world-class, one-of-a-kind archival collection, onsite and online exhibits, a nationally recognized annual celebration of Women in Games, and other educational programming.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"sliderFluid\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n                        <div class=\"col-12\">\n                                    <div class=\"slider-block\">\n                                                    <div class=\"wrap\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WIG-2024-wide.jpg\" src=\"Women in Games 2024 speakers\" class=\"flex-img\">\n                                <figcaption class=\"caption\">Women in Games, November 2024 Speakers<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wrap\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WIG2023.jpg\" src=\"Women in Games 2023 speakers on stage\" class=\"flex-img\">\n                                <figcaption class=\"caption\">Women in Games, November 2023 Speakers<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <p><!-- wp:heading {\"gbResponsiveSettings\":[]} --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in Games Events<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Strong&#8217;s first Women in Games celebration, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_IKGU2ailEwq4vzaWvvyJvlwLrTn9G4C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women in Games: Inspire<\/a>&#8220;, held in November 2018, was an unprecedented evening of dialog with female innovators and trailblazers in the video game industry. Each year, The Strong continues to host a Women in Games celebration, evolving to add new digital and virtual experiences to engage an even broader audience of young people. See previous <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_IKGU2ailEwq4vzaWvvyJvlwLrTn9G4C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women in Games events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cardsFluid darkBackground\" style=\"padding: 50px 0px\" >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                        <div class=\"grid\" style=\"display:flex;\">\n                                                                                <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                                <div class=\"cardWrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WIG-2024-SQ.jpg');\"><\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"cardBody\">\n                                                                                                                            <h3 style=\"font-size:18px\">2024 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These materials provide a foundation for The Strong\u2019s unparalleled electronic games holdings that document women\u2019s many contributions to the field, including iconic video games such as <em>Centipede<\/em>, <em>River Raid<\/em>, and <em>Journey<\/em> alongside one-of-a-kind archival records\u2014prototypes, design documents, marketing materials, correspondences, photographs, oral histories, and other items\u2014that illustrate the impact of women in the video game industry. Prominent among these are the Carol Shaw Collection, Ken and Roberta Williams Sierra-Online Collection, Her Interactive, Inc. Collection, and Atari Coin-Op Divisions Collection.<\/p>\n<h2>Exhibits<\/h2>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/exhibit\/esl-digital-worlds-high-score\/\"><em>ESL Digital Worlds: High Score<\/em><\/a> and the contributions women have made to the video game industry. 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