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I'm ashamed to say I did not know about this person before today; what an interesting life she led. A true giant both for industry and people. Shame on all of

• ncm140 2y ago
  It's such a tragedy. She has an explanation, called "The Conway Effect." She wrote about it 2018. "When “others” (such as women and people of color) make innovative contributions in scientific and technical fields, they often “disappear” from later history and their contributions are ascribed elsewhere. This is seldom deliberate—rather, it’s a result of the accumulation of advantage by those who are expected to innovate. This article chronicles an example of such a disappearance and introduces the Conway Effect to elucidate the disappearance process." https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2018/10/mco2018100066/17D45WXIkDI https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2018/10/mco2018100...