JudeSayingFeb 10, 2023
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Evelyn Berezin designed the first computer-driven word processor. An expert in logic design & data transmission, she'd earlier designed a computer system for the American stock exchange, the first computerized banking system, and the first airline reservation system.

Frustrated by the sexism blocking her advancement, she founded her own tech startup, Redactron, in 1969, and brought her word processor to market in 1971.

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Born in the Bronx, at just 15 years old Berezin was ready for college. She wanted to study physics after reading her older brother’s Astounding Science Fiction magazine, but the colleges that tau

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Show threadpodfeetFeb 9, 2023

@earthchild @tsmyther I am going to need another cat — the first two are Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper.

Glad to know of her now.

Show threadchickweedFeb 9, 2023
@podfeet @tsmyther Hehe, sounds good :)