Your proposed headline would be a fine lead-in to an article solely about a research accomplishment, but this is also an article about two people making inroads towards better gender representation in STEM fields.
Women computers were replaced by software definable processors, not by software engineers.
The mathematicians/engineers were more like architects, and the women programmers weren’t merely compilers or input technicians. They actually wrote code, though this was also considered a drudge task back then (a view that was corrected later). Also, proximity to the hardware allowed many to grow out of their original job descriptions.
I'm not even being facetious, where is all this special treatment? Clearly I'm missing out.
> I'm going to give 40 women $9000 stipends to cover their living expenses while they take Lambda School's programming course.[0]
[0] http://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/women-learn-to-program-t...
btw shout out to Jessica Livingston! Amazing program.
Look even at the disrespectful comments Jessica got in response to that announcement. How often, if ever, have you seen those sort of comments on HN directed towards male partners at YC?
I’m not even saying this facetiously. I wish more men in tech had the courage to see what it’s like to be a woman in tech. I think it would do everyone a lot of good.