What Ellen Pao's case—and advocacy—means to women

In 2015, Ellen Pao lost her gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

Pao saw her reputation dragged through the mud, spent hundreds of thousands of her own money, and was viewed by many as greedy or ungrateful when she brought suit against her former employer, one of the most powerful venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.

But to women throughout the tech industry—and to women in similarly male-dominated fields—she was a hero

The years since Pao’s lawsuit, the first major case over gender discrimination in Silicon Valley, have resulted in the Pao effect: women invigorated to come forward with their own stories of discrimination and harassment. Now, no one can claim that sexism isn’t a problem in tech. Read more...

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