Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Question about early female architect barred from men's club
Thanks so much, Len. IIRC, this would have been in the 40s or 50s. I'm sorry I can't remember more. On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:19 PM Len Shustek <len@shustek.com> wrote:
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
There are other stories about other women unable to meet with professors and other professionals because their clubs banned women -- e.g. Anna G. Perkins, *Yale Needs Women*. Stay sane and keep wearing a mask (partially for you; more for others), Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) 979.862.4314 (fax) Voting challenges: https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/texas-should-be-the-model-for-secure... Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/ International standards battles: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terri... <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting__;!!KwNVnqRv!R4dbJx9DOnSkoiNAwXjHq9sp5vMvdGEVtOMlWJUc6AH7iQiRA7bw1VEUYeo6i2St9sgf$> *FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine* (Johns Hopkins University Press) On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 4:15 PM Ellen Spertus <spertus@mills.edu> wrote:
Thanks so much, Len. IIRC, this would have been in the 40s or 50s. I'm sorry I can't remember more.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:19 PM Len Shustek <len@shustek.com> wrote:
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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