Mavis Beacon taught me typing many years ago. Now, there is a movie about seeking the woman who appeared on the cover of the software package.
https://www.wired.com/story/seeking-mavis-beacon
From Wired.com. There is now a movie about finding the original face on the cover of the software box for typing tutor software: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (see my previous post).
Like the story about Henrietta Lacks and how a Black woman’s cancer cells became the foundation of an entire medical enterprise with no credit to her, Mavis Beacon is a runaway business success while the woman who graces the cover was only paid $500 for her photo.
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