Molly E. Holzschlag (born January 25, 1963) is a

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and

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of the

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. She has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including ''

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: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' (co-authored with Dave Shea). She was named the Fairy Godmother of the Web.

Campaigning for web standards

Holzschlag conceived and led the first five years of Open Web Camp, a free event in the silicon valley from 2009-2013. her work focused on Open Web technologies, web design and accessibility. She was the 2004–2006 group lead for the

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(WaSP), a coalition that campaigned browser makers such as

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, Opera and

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to support modern web standards. She has participated as a

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(W3C) Invited Expert on the

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, chaired the

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Accessibility Community Group, and was an Invited Expert on the HTML and GEO Working Groups.

Teaching work

In 2011, Holzschlag worked for

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, teaching classes on Open Web technologies such as

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and

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, with a strong emphasis on using inclusive design to overcome

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barriers. She has also taught webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Georgia, University of Phoenix, New School University, Pima Community College.

Writing

Holzschlag has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including ''

: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' (co-authored with Dave Shea).

Notable awards

* 2016, O'Reiilly Web Platform Award * 2015, Net Award for Outstanding contribution * 1998, named one of the Webgrrls San Francisco chapter's Top 25 Women on the

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References

External links

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Web With Molly
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