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How Dame Shirley Jumped Over Tech's Gender Gap In The 1960s

Dame Stephanie Shirley took on the family nickname "Steve" so that her business proposals would be taken more seriously. The Commonwealth/Flickr hide caption

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How Dame Shirley Jumped Over Tech's Gender Gap In The 1960s

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June 12, 2014 • Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley founded one of the U.K.'s first software startups, run almost entirely by women. The industry still has gender inequality, but Shirley showed alternatives were possible.