This podcast by the Journal of Accountancy is pretty mind-blowing: What it was like to be a female CPA in the 1970s – Journal of Accountancy podcast

I am embarrassed and delighted to say that I had no idea how difficult things used to be for women in my field. Not to say that I never deal with gender issues in the workplace, or that I haven’t been the victim of discrimination or condescension due to being female — but most of the tax conferences I attend are 50/50, and the accounting tech conferences actually lean toward majority-women. It’s simply not the same world it used to be in my industry.

In all sincerity: many thanks to those that made it possible for me to be clueless. I’m proud to bear witness to your struggle now that I know more!