Women in UX: Susan Kare

Daley Wilhelm
UX Collective
Published in
6 min readMay 6, 2021

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A drawing of a smiling woman (Susan Kare) with a background of smiling, rainbow Macintosh computer
Susan Kare rendered in the Macintosh rainbow by Daley Wilhelm

Why women in UX?

Ready for an utterly shocking statement? Prepare thyself: women are underrepresented in the tech sector. Oh… you already knew? I should have accounted for the fact that this is a well-documented phenomenon, the Pew Research Center reported that half of all women in STEM-related jobs have themselves reported experiencing gender discrimination at work. (That’s 50% as compared to the 41% of women…

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A fiction writer turned UX writer dedicated to crisp copy, inclusive experiences, and humanizing tech.