Molly Holzschlag

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Molly E. Holzschlag (born January 25, 1963) is a US author, lecturer and advocate for what was referred to as the Open Web. She has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (co-authored with Dave Shea).

She us the most publicly influential women in the first 25 years of the evolution of the World Wide Web. She was first named one of San Francisco Webgirls' Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web and has worked with Microsoft, AOL, eBay and the BBC "promot[ing] standards and best practices to create highly sustainable, maintainable, accessible, interactive and beautiful Web sites".

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Campaigning for web standards

Holzschlag was a very active speaker on Open Web technologies, web design and accessibility. She was the 2004-2006 group lead for the Web Standards Project (WaSP), a coalition that campaigned browser makers such as Microsoft, Opera and Netscape to support modern web standards. She later joined Opera as an open and accessible web evangelist.

She currently participates as a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Invited Expert on the CSS Working Group, chairs the CSS Accessibility Community Group and was previously an Invited Expert on the HTML and GEO Working Groups.

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Teaching work

Molly currently is away from work due to illness. She worked for Knowbility, for whom she taught classes on Open Web technologies such as HTML5 and ARIA, with a strong emphasis on using inclusive design to overcome accessibility barriers. She has also taught webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Phoenix, New School University, and Pima Community College.

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Bibliography

• Spring into HTML and CSS. May 2, 2005. ISBN 0131855867. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Shea, David (February 27, 2005). The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web. ISBN 0321303474. 
• 250 HTML and Web Design Secrets. July 9, 2004. ISBN 0764568450. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Glendinning, Porter (May 28, 2004). Sams Teach Yourself Movable Type in 24 Hours. ISBN 067232590X. 
• Design Your Own E-Shop: Creating & Promoting Successful Small Business Sites (Dyo). April 28, 2004. ISBN 2884790217. 
• Color for Websites: Digital Media Design (Graphic Design). April 2003. ISBN 2880467411. 
• Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer's Edge. March 11, 2003. ISBN 0782141846. 
• Special Edition Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. December 31, 2002. ISBN 0789727072. 
• Design Your Own Home Page. October 28, 2002. ISBN 2884790136. 
• Integrated Web Design: Building the New Breed of Designer & Developer. September 16, 2002. ISBN 0735712336. 
• Sams Teach Yourself Adobe LiveMotion 2 in 24 Hours. May 23, 2002. ISBN 0672323125. 
• Special Edition Using HTML and XHTML. May 14, 2002. ISBN 0789727315. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Jason, Pellerin (December 20, 2001). Perl Web Site Workshop. ISBN 0672322757. 
• XML, HTML, XHTML Magic. Sep 2001. ISBN 0735711399. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Weverka, Peter (August 21, 2001). Mastering Frontpage 2002 Premium Edition. ISBN 0782140033. 
• Special Edition Using XHTML. December 13, 2000. ISBN 0789724316. 
• Sams Teach Yourself Adobe(R) LiveMotion(R) in 24 Hours. January 15, 2000. ISBN 0672319160. 
• Special Edition Using HTML 4 (6th ed.). December 22, 1999. ISBN 0789722674. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Romaniello, Stephen (Nov 1999). Mastering Adobe GoLive 4. ISBN 0782126049. 
• Short Order HTML 4. October 18, 1999. ISBN 0789720493. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Tauber, Daniel A. (Jun 1999). Mastering Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Premium Edition. ISBN 0782124569. 
• The Complete Website Kit: Turn Your Website into a Dynamic, Long-Lasting, and Effective Tool. Dec 1998. ISBN 0782124283. 
• Web by Design: The Complete Guide. 1998. ISBN 0782122019. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Lemay, Laura (Jun 1997). Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Designing With Stylesheets, Tables, and Frames. ISBN 1575212498. 
• Molly, Holzschlag; Lemay, Laura (Feb 1997). Laura Lemay's Guide to Sizzling Web Site Design. ISBN 1575212218. 
• Professional Web Design: Theory and Technique on the Cutting Edge. Aug 1996. ISBN 0761507590. 

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References

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External links

• Official website
  • LinkedIn profile
• Daniel Glazman (15 Sep 2014). "Molly needs you, again!". Retrieved 15 Sep 2014. 

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