Verkkoin each of the last two years, only about a fifth of the subjects of obituaries have been women, including jean sammet, a designer of the cobol programming language; Mathilde krim, a scientist. Verkkohere are 11 stories of the fascinating lives lost in 2017: Blacksod postmistress whose weather report changed the course of history. In 1944, on her 21st birthday, she helped. Verkkocleaning out the possessions of the deceased, talking about shared places of importance and the idea of the continuation of life or of an emotional bond. 26, 2019 updated dec. Almost all were born between the world wars, one even before women had.