Private company
Women's WIRE
Online space and Internet company
Women's WIRE (later Women.com) was the first online space and the first Internet company to target women. It was founded in California first as simply WIRE in 1992, an acronym that stood for Women's Information Resource & Exchange, and could be accessed via telnet for a subscription.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Women's WIRE (later Women.com) was the first online space and the first Internet company to target women. It was founded in California first as simply WIRE in 1992, an acronym that stood for Women's Information Resource & Exchange, and could be accessed via telnet for a subscription.2
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- WikipediaWomen's WIRE
- WikidataQ59554924
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- 1WikidataWomen's WIRE on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWomen's WIRE on Wikipedia