Good point, Bill, and it brings to mind Kathy Kleiman who has done a great deal of research on the group of women who became the first programmers of the ENIAC. She conducted interviews with them while they were still living and she has produced a short-form documentary film about them. While I wouldn't want to speak for her, I'm pretty sure she'd be happy to give a talk and a screening of the film. BLS On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 01:02:28 PM UTC, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: *Living* pioneers of computing.who would draw a reasonable crowd as a keynote speaker? Not so easy. Picking a high level manager at a software company who happens to be a woman is not going to be on the same level as past keynote speakers and it kind of looks like you're more trying to fill the slot with someone who checks the box "woman" before you realized the obvious problem.of your category choice. Consider finding an expert on the history of women in computing, regardless of their demographic characteristics, who can give a good informative talk on the subject of "women in computing". A good speaker who knows the subject. This way you can *cover them all* with >respect<. Find an author of a good book on the subject. Find a historian. Having this discussuon like this on an open forum? Wouldnt you want to keep this kind of debate within management until you finalized your plans? Bill Former.v.p. vcfed On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 5:34 AM Mark Whittington via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Margaret Hamilton
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Grace Hopper, Gina Smith.