Lynn Conway may hold the record for longest delay between being unfairly fired and receiving an apology for it.
She died on June 9, 2024 at age 86.
At the same time, however, this meant she was also not able to fully tell her story.
Conways co-invention of very large-scale integration, orVLSI, rocketed chip design into the future.
For this innovation, Conway received industry and academic recognition.
However, that recognition was long delayed.
Conway wrote about her experience in the essay where she introduced the Conway Effect.
Sixteen men were described by the media as the Valleys founding fathers.
They were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their contributions to microelectronics.
Top billing went to Gordon Moore and Carver Mead.
I was not invited to the event, and didnt even know it was happening.
Conway was added to the Computer History Museumin 2014, 12 yearsafter Mead.
She also wanted to take credit forher earlier, pre-transition innovations.
She even participated in aversion of The Vagina Monologues in 2004 that starred trans women.
