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