Editing Melinda French Gates (section)

==Women in technology==
French Gates's experience of a male-dominated workplace at Microsoft inspired her to encourage more women in the computing field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melinda Gates reveals 'aggressive,' male-dominated life at Microsoft as she calls on all of us to redesign the workplace |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/melinda-gates-reveals-aggressive-male-dominated-life-microsoft-she-calls-us-redesign-workplace/1459159 |access-date=March 14, 2019 |website=www.campaignlive.co.uk |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312023846/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/melinda-gates-reveals-aggressive-male-dominated-life-microsoft-she-calls-us-redesign-workplace/1459159 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2016, she announced her desire to increase diversity in the workplace, especially in the technology industry, stating: "Every company needs technology, and yet we're graduating fewer women technologists. That is not good for society. We have to change it."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melinda Gates Wants More Women in Tech Jobs |url=http://money.com/money/4514589/melinda-gates-women-technology-jobs/ |access-date=March 13, 2019 |website=Money |language=en |archive-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912183840/https://money.com/melinda-gates-women-technology-jobs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> French Gates also spoke about this topic at the 2017 [[Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing]], an annual series of conferences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2017 |title=Melinda Gates on women in tech, her first love, and the origins of Comic Sans |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2017/live-melinda-gates-grace-hopper-celebration-women-computing/ |website=GeekWire |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330084229/https://www.geekwire.com/2017/live-melinda-gates-grace-hopper-celebration-women-computing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>