Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by fanf2 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:42AM
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Steve Shirley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley was able to found a computing consultancy business in the 1960s staffed entirely by women that had been fired when they got married, as was the usual practise at the time.
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Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by eropple on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:59AM
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This is an amazing story I've never run across. Thank you for pointing it out. I think you got trolled, but I'm glad I got to learn about this as a result.
Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by rodgerd on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:39PM
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It was the norm for banks in New Zealand, through to the sixties and early seventies, to require women to have a letter of permission from their father or husband in order to get a job.
Source: have seen the ads specifying such.
Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by befeltingu on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:07PM
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Ok, fair enough I never knew this was a common practice. I was thinking more about today when I made my comment
Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by erichocean on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:43PM
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> Ok, fair enough I never knew this was a common practice.
What makes you think it was common practice? Exceptions are a thing…
Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by fanf2 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:12PM
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For an example of it being not just common but in some cases required to dismiss women when they married, see "The Marriage Bar" at https://civilservant.org.uk/women-history.html
Re:The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013)
by erichocean on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:47PM
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I'm talking about forming all-married women businesses. I'd be shocked if that was common, but if you have data showing otherwise, I'm happy to be corrected...