Anna Shechtman on how the increasingly digital field of crossword constructing has come to mirror the gender imbalances of tech culture at large.
This account has since been humbled by the memory of my in-box, which holds a much more extensive correspondence between me and Shortz. I had selectively remembered the two acceptances but forgotten three rejections. I had also repressed a long chain of e-mails about a potential Bloomsday puzzle, commemorating the publication of Joyce’s “Ulysses,” which he vetoed. Apparently, I had been courting Shortz’s attention and approval for three years. And, once I got it, I negated it.
These women, who were referred to as “computers,” have resurfaced in popular culture with the success of the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” which depicted the largely Black team of women whose work was essential to NASA’s operations during the space race. Although they are much less widely known than the women who took on manual jobs during wartime , women with college degrees—especially degrees in math and engineering—were also newly encouraged to participate in the workforce.
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