Answering Harvard’s question about her personal life, 52 years later

[SharonAnn]

2. I was once refused a job becasue I might married, have a child, and leave. "But, I protested,

I don't even have a date for Saturday night."

Interestingly, the admitted that I was the best candidate, best programming skills, most experience, etc. But "They just don't hire women for those jobs because they might leave."

My observation in the 1960's and 1970's was that it was the men who were much more likely to leave and the women who were much more likely to stay.

Ah well, what could've been! But I did manage to develop a career, thanks to a couple of boxes who were very unusual for their time. The focused on performance, not on gender or race.