Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin, Lyudmila Alexeyeva 1927~2018,The grandmother of the human-rights movement in Russia

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美國電腦先驅 Evelyn Berezin 日前辭世，終年 93 歲。Berezin 於上世紀六十年代發明世界上第一台擁有編輯、刪除、「複製及貼上」等功能的電腦化文字處理器，為當時的辦公室秘書的工作帶來革命性轉變。

雖然 Berezin 的名聲不如其他電腦先驅般家喻戶曉，但英國作家希德利（Gwyn Headley）曾撰文表示，如果沒有她的發明，「我們就不會有Bill Gates，不會有Steve Jobs，不會有互聯網，不會有文字處理器，不會有試算表，不會有 21 世紀的所有遙距企業。」

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Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva was a Russian historian and human rights activist who was a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, and one of the last Soviet dissidents active in modern Russia.Wikipedia

Born: July 20, 1927, Yevpatoria

Died: December 8, 2018, O.M.Filatov City Clinical Hospital №15, Moscow, Russia

Books: The thaw generation, Soviet dissent, U.S. broadcasting to the Soviet Union

Nationality: American, Russian, Soviet

Parents: Valentina Yefimenko, Mikhail Slavinskiy

Education: Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of History





Lyudmila Alexeyeva obituary: ‘Grandmother’ of Russia’s Human Rights Movement

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Lyudmila Alexeyeva was propelled into activism by how Stalin treated the masses as if they were dirt on his boots

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The grandmother of the human-rights movement in Russia