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Call me Steve – from Kindertransport to Dame

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Published: 31 October 2015

Last updated: 4 March 2024


Call me Steve: the extraordinary life of Stephanie Shirley – Ockham’s Razor ABC 13.10.15

Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley arrived in London in 1939 as an unaccompanied Jewish minor fleeing the Nazis. In an extraordinary life she has defied gender stereotypes, founded a pioneering all-female software firm and given more than £65 million to charity. Mark Dodgson, the director of the University of Queensland's Technology and Innovation Management Centre, reports.

 




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