Thanks so much, Len. IIRC, this would have been in the 40s or 50s. I'm sorry I can't remember more.
At 09:08 PM 9/8/2021, Ellen Spertus wrote:
>Back in the 1990s I attended a Systers lunch at an
>architecture-related conference, maybe ASPLOS-V (1992, Boston). Gwen
>Bell told us about a female computer architect who worked for one of
>the first computer firms until she was unable to attend a meeting
>with a client because the club/restaurant only allowed men, after
>which she was fired. Do any of you know the full story (or can you
>ask Gwen Bell)?
We asked Gwen, and she doesn't remember.
I also asked Lynn Conway, who was fired by IBM in the 60s. She said
it isn't her, but if it is a true story she'd like to know who it was.
-- Len
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