Editor,
Here in the center of tech, dubbed long ago as Silicon Valley, we prize innovative companies the world over and especially the people who have founded them. People like Stephanie Shirley. You never heard of her? Hmmm. I wonder why? She founded a software business in England in 1962 with $220 in today’s dollars. In the 1970s, its employees were 99% women. Approximately 70 of her female employees became millionaires when the company, then called Xansa, restructured to allow partial employee ownership. Today, the company, which she sold in 1993, is worth about $3 billion following several mergers and acquisitions. She was a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a prodigious philanthropist.
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Silicon Valley is the Devil - technology has only made people worse. Just spend 5 minutes with somebody like this - they are not normal. They dont care about people and operate like a robot. Self important trash.
Nothing new there, Kaia! Women have always been discriminated against, especially in this country, in stark contrast to more progressive countries, like Scandinavia, where equality reigns, benefitting all.
There seems to be some fear of women in this country, and not only among men, but among women as well. Powerful, accomplished and highly educated women aren’t only feared by men, but among women as well. Instead, they should be cheered up and supported by any means, especially in a country where sexual equality has been lagging so badly behind. No US female president yet, why? No female yet up to Trump’s educational level, intellect, moral standards or accomplishments? Give me a break!
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