That's a software thing. Most titles that say "the man who" or "the woman who" use the definite article as a clickbait trick so HN's debaiter rewrites them. Occasionally it ought to be the other way and we correct those back.
Btw if you submit a title and the software rewrites it in a way that damages the meaning, you can always change it back using the 'edit' link. Just please don't use that to make it baity again.
Edit: I've changed it again to include the actual name of "the woman" and the phrase that (according to the article) she used to describe her own work. That seems much better than "the woman who gave the world", and also more respectful.
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That's a software thing. Most titles that say "the man who" or "the woman who" use the definite article as a clickbait trick so HN's debaiter rewrites them. Occasionally it ought to be the other way and we correct those back.
Btw if you submit a title and the software rewrites it in a way that damages the meaning, you can always change it back using the 'edit' link. Just please don't use that to make it baity again.
Edit: I've changed it again to include the actual name of "the woman" and the phrase that (according to the article) she used to describe her own work. That seems much better than "the woman who gave the world", and also more respectful.