Similar story in the UK, "Freelance Programmers" was created with the primary workforce of mothers with a technical background. The creator of the company, (no

Similar story in the UK, "Freelance Programmers" was created with the primary workforce of mothers with a technical background. The creator of the company, (now Dame) Stephanie Shirley, wrote about it in her memoirs "Let it Go", which I can recommend. They eventually had to hire men, due to equality legislation. The attraction for women, however, was that they could work from home. Seems we have come full circle.