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 threadantoine πŸ““Mar 16, 2023
@LadyDragonfly This is sadly true… There is still a great section about the awesome work of Evelyn Berezin in _Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing_ by @mkirschenbaum !
Show threadMatthew KirschenbaumMar 16, 2023
@antoinentl @LadyDragonfly thank you. I also wrote about her here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/20/when-we-fixate-technological-firsts-we-miss-real-story-innovation/
When we fixate on technological firsts, we miss the real story of innovation

Evelyn Berezin is known as the inventor of word processing, but the story is much more complicated

The Washington Post
Show threadJayne πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@mkirschenbaum @antoinentl @LadyDragonfly

Here she is giving her oral history to the Computer History Museum...a long, but fascinating listen...

https://youtu.be/3wOWHkX4ilA

Oral History of Evelyn Berezin

YouTube
Mar 17, 2023 at 10:19pmWeb