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lapfog_1

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5. in my field of computer science

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:51 PM

Jul 2021

we have Ada Lovelace... the very first person to program a computer...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

and Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper... the inventor of COBOL and
a early computer pioneer... and one that I had the privilege of meeting and getting my very own "Hopper nanometer".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

and, of course,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson

because of my time at NASA

Hats off to the giants of the industry on whose shoulders I stand, along with millions of others.

Long past time that we recognized the women who contributed so much.

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She Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize For It. [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 2021 OP

Kick canetoad Jul 2021 #1

K&R yonder Jul 2021 #2

K&R Docreed2003 Jul 2021 #3

KNR. Of course the male received the award. Misogyny and sexism in the sciences niyad Jul 2021 #4

in my field of computer science lapfog_1 Jul 2021 #5

Hats off! Duppers Jul 2021 #6

I wish I was even half as smart as any of them were. cstanleytech Jul 2021 #12

These stories are everywhere and some of them we'll probably never hear about. littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #13

I got to meet Admiral Hopper twice... SeattleVet Jul 2021 #15

Unfortunately, this still holds true today. If you are an assistant doing research funded and under cayugafalls Jul 2021 #7

The name Bell and other cosmic coincidences! StClone Jul 2021 #8

K&R smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #9

KnR Hekate Jul 2021 #10

There is some justice in the fact that Jocelyn... Duppers Jul 2021 #11

good to know Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #16

Kicked and recommended. ❤ littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #14

Similar story for Australian radio astronomy pioneer Ruby Payne-Scott DBoon Jul 2021 #17

We have to shine a light on these stories Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #18