Making New Things Happen: Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley Challenged the Conventions of her Time

At five, she endured a two and half-day journey from Germany to England during WWII and had to fight to be admitted to a boys' school to learn mathematics. The words “research is the door to opportunity” etched above the entryway to the school made an impression on her. In the austerity of post-World War II Britain where jobs were few and opportunities for women to earn a wage even fewer, Dame Stephanie Shirley went to work for a computer programming company. It didn't last long, because she was getting blocked at every turn. In 1962 Shirley set out to... Read more →