Here are some articles that you might find interesting. Please keep checking this site as new articles will continue to be posted.
Light, J. (1999). When computers were women, Technology and Culture; Jul 1999; 40, 3;
http://labweb.education.wisc.edu/steinkuehler/elpa940/readings/Light.pdf
This article relates the history of women’s involvement in the ENIAC, the first electronic computer in the United States.
Hill, C., Corbett, C. and St. Rose, A. (2010) Why So Few: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Washington D.C.: American Association of American Women.
http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED509653.pdf
This study shows that in elementary and secondary schools, math and science courses are taken equally by girls and boys and about the same percentage leave high school prepared. But there is a far smaller proportion of women declaring computer science as a major and graduating with bachelor’s degrees.
Hyde, J. and Linn, M. (2006). Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science. Science 27 October 2006. Vol. 314 no. 5799 pp. 599-600
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/314/5799/599.summary
This Science article discusses how meta-analyses of various measures basically show no differences between girls and boys in math and science performance yet girls comprise only 17% of assistant professors in engineering and earn only 15% of Ph.Ds in engineering. The authors argue that we need to increase awareness of gender similarities in order to not discourage girls from entering STEM fields.
Berrett, D. (2011). What Spurs Students to Stay in College and Learn? Good Teaching Practices and Diversity. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Spurs-Students-to-Stay-in/129670/
The title says it all.