When Women Stopped Coding

Really fascinating article from Planet Money on When Women Stopped Coding. It's not so much about the impact that had (as we'll never know) but it's alarming to see such a sharp downturn in the mid-80's as the personal computer is released and marketed towards men, making a bit of a closed culture for welcoming women. I hope we're seeing a bit of a swing back the other way these days...

Just for fun, make sure to read through these summaries on famous women in tech. Someone like Grace Hopper ("Queen of Software") helped design "the first English-like data processing language" - which became COBOL, the Navy standard operating language, which was one of the first languages I had to learn in College. That's 50+ years after she was involved in the military... quite an influence to say the least.