Women Once Ruled the Computer World. When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-01/women-once-ruled-computers-when-did-the-valley-become-brotopia

by rwx------ • 8 years ago

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noemit• 8 years ago

least favorite topic ever. women never ruled the computer world. they were secretaries. move on.

andreasvc• 8 years ago

Would love to read more about this. I've read that early programming was thought of like a glorified telephone operator, but that these women had advanced mathematics degrees.

I can't find anything non-biased though, everyone just wants to push the female victim narrative.

FroshKiller• 8 years ago

If you're interested in the history of how women got pushed out of computing, you should also check out Programmed Inequality by Marie Hicks as well. It's a thorough examination of how Britain squandered their early computing lead in the WWII & postwar periods by shutting skilled women out of computer-related work in government and industry.

montrose• 8 years ago

One way to test that claim is to look at e.g. who worked at Xerox Parc in the 1970s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with...

Women Once Ruled the Computer World. When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?

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