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Evelyn Berezin was an American computer designer responsible for the creation of the first airline reservation systems and the original word processor.
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business · American computer scientist · computer scientist · engineer · venture capitalist · inventor · entrepreneur · physicist · also Evelyn Berezin, Berezin
Born 12 April 1925 · Died 8 December 2018 · Q11431
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s carpet. But after less than two years, she brought the Data Secretary — a computerized word processor — on the market.
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“I had seen practically naked men working on these hot machines. I said, what in the world was he talking about? But there was no way I could get back to them. So that tells you the situation of women at the time.”
“s carpet. But after less than two years, she brought the Data Secretary — a computerized word processor — on the market.”
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2022).
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The Washington Post: Evelyn Berezin, engineer and entrepreneur who designed an early word processor, dies at 93
Ars Technica: Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died this week—she should be remembered
Wall Street Journal: Evelyn Berezin Pioneered Word Processors and Butted Heads With Men
The Washington Post: Evelyn Berezin, entrepreneur and engineer who designed early word processor, dies at 93
NPR: Evelyn Berezin, Computer Scientist Who Brought Word Processors To The Office, Dies At 93
KPBS: Evelyn Berezin, Computer Scientist Behind Groundbreaking Word Processor, Dies At 93
UPI: Evelyn Berezin, creator of world's first word processor, dies at 93
WRAL: Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor
Died 2018-12-08.
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Berezin died 15 years later whilst being treated for cancer, on December 8, 2018.
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Awarded Computer History Museum Fellow (2015).
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Was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum for "her early work in computer design and a lifetime of entrepreneurial activity
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Awarded Women in Technology Hall of Fame (2011).
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“And it was so beautiful ... I felt like dancing with joy.”
To sell her innovation, Berezin founded a company known as Redactron Corporation
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Berezin attempted to address the pain points of working as a secretary such as needing to completely retype documents when an error was found or wanting to make changes
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Berezin left her job at the Underwood Typewriter Company Company, the company that had purchased ECC at the time
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Began working in the computer industry
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Berezin married Israel Wilenitz
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Which she accepted even though she lacked experience in computer design
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Studied at New York University (1946).
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Earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and a doctorate in the same field
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Born 1925-04-12.
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Berezin attended Christopher Columbus High School
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