Perhaps include an apology and treatise on historical sexism? Maybe go hunting for a handful of papers by women from that era, and include them in the interests

Perhaps include an apology and treatise on historical sexism? Maybe go hunting for a handful of papers by women from that era, and include them in the interests of inclusion? The former would be irrelevant at best, and the latter is usually called tokenism, but both are options. If that's actually the goal. Personally, I suspect neither is helpful.