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MIT - ten years behind some other places in this regard, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kenneth_Keller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kenneth_Kell

• grenoire 9y ago
  Why is it MIT that's behind? Is it MIT's fault they they haven't awarded any to female students?
  • kdbg 9y ago
    I dont think you can fault MIT here. The first MIT CS degree was awarded in 1975 the same year that saw the first female MIT CS degree awarded. https://www.eecs.mit.edu/about-us/mit-eecs-department-facts https://www.eecs.mit.edu/about-us/mit-eecs-department-facts
• _chris_ 9y ago
  As far as I can tell, MIT didn't have a CS department until 1975 (when it was added to the EE department to become EECS; the same year Irene Greif in the OP got her PhD). Before the 70s, many schools considered CS as part of a Math degree or an EE degree. Cite: https://www.eecs.mit.edu/about-us/mit-eecs-department-facts https://www.eecs.mit.edu/about-us/mit-eecs-department-facts