𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢  Mar 16, 2023
The patriarchy is the reason you know the names Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, but you've never even once heard the name Evelyn Berezin.
Show threaddefelMar 16, 2023

I heard her name.

Also Radia Perlman (Spanning Tree Protocol), Lorinda Cherry (Unix Pioneer), Gladys West (Co-Inventor of GPS), Annie Easley (Computer & Rocket Scientist), Frances Spence, Susan Headley (Phreaker/Hacker), Katie Hafner, Hedy Lamar, Margaret Hamilton, Grace Hopper, Dorothy McEwen Kildall, Betty Holberton, Cynthia Dwork, Jean Bartik, Jude Milhon, Jeannette Wing, Barbara Liskov, Kathleen Booth, Megan Smith, Elizabeth Jocelyn "Jake" Feinler, Pamela Hardt-English and Sophie Wilson.

Show threadDenis 
@dfl Is there a book about all the achievements of these women, like we have for males ? I only have heard of 3 of them 
Mar 17, 2023 at 3:51pmWeb
Show threaddefelMar 17, 2023

@ledeuns

My partner and I created this list after she faced an issue at work: The meeting rooms were all named after men, and when she suggested adding women's names, the response was "There are no relevant women in IT". 🀦

At this time we knew Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, so we began compiling this list of women in tech.

Since you asked for resources:

One book on my to-read list is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Band

There is also a Women in Tech Hall of Fame: https://witi.com/halloffame/

Broad Band - Wikipedia

Show threadDenis Mar 17, 2023
@dfl 
Show threadBenno Mar 17, 2023

@ledeuns @dfl
"[Sophie Wilson] joined Acorn Computers Ltd, after designing a device to prevent cigarette lighter sparks triggering payouts on fruit [slot] machines." (Wikipedia)

now i want to know how that worked!

Show threaddefelMar 17, 2023

@benno
Oh wow! Sounds like wild times :D

From the linked article:

"There was a serious problem: some rogue genius had discovered that the spark emitted by the new cheap, disposable piezo-electric cigarette lighters was, at 1KV, powerful enough to persuade the elecronic one-armed bandits to dish out their winnings." 😳

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/02/unsung_heroes_of_tech_arm_creators_sophie_wilson_and_steve_furber/

ARM creators Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber

Your phone, your tablet - their chip tech

The Register
Show threaddefelMar 17, 2023

@ledeuns

And to continue, here are some of my personal favs :)

1️⃣: Everyone knows Kevin Mitnick, but who knows Susan Headley aka Suzy Thunder who never got caught?

- https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans

- https://hackcur.io/trashing-the-phone-company-with-suzy-thunder/

2️⃣: An interview featuring Elizabeth 'Jake' Feinler discussing her role at the NIC of ArpaNet.

https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Elizabeth_%22Jake%22_Feinler

3️⃣: Jude Milhon aka St. Jude, who coined the term "CyberPunk." and is well-known for her quote, "Girls need modems!"

Searching for Susy Thunder

In the ’80s, Susan Headley ran with the best of them β€” phone phreakers, social engineers, and the most notorious computer hackers of the era. Then she disappeared.

The Verge
Show threaddefelMar 17, 2023

@ledeuns

Oh wow, I just realised that Claire L. Evans ( @theuniverse ) who wrote the book "Broad Band" is the same person who wrote the article about Suzy Thunder above! πŸ‘

Thanks for that!