Women in software engineering: what gives?

With the advent of the age of AI software has never played such an outsized role in our daily lives and yet women only account for a small minority of software engineers. This is especially disheartening given that many - but not all - of the first software engineers were women (Katherine Johnson, Margaret Hamilton, Grace Hopper, ...).
This talk aims to stay away from dogma or political posturing, instead focusing on explaining why more women aren't software engineers and proposing concrete, tactical and doable solutions.
The first part of the talk recounts the stories of some of the pioneers who built flight control systems for the Apollo mission.
I then use those examples to contrast with the current state in our Industry where female developers only account for a minority of software engineers.
I'll then give an overview of why I believe more women don't become software engineers, briefly explaining why this is the case.
I'll also share why some of the women who become software engineers eventually leave our Industry and what we can do to retain them.
Finally, I'll conclude with concrete actions we can all take in order to increase the amount of women in software engineering.