15
unsung women in
tech you
should know about
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The first programmers weren't men, and the first computers weren't machines. What they were, in both cases, were women.
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The female mentors making a difference in Silicon Valley
Women's many contributions to technology are
frequently left out of the history books. But lately, that's been changing — at least a little.
Ada Lovelace, considered the first computer programmer and a visionary for what programming and computers could eventually become, has a technology award named after her, and a holiday devoted to celebrating her legacy
Katherine Johnson meanwhile, the NASA "computer" responsible for successfully plotting the flight paths of some of America's earliest space exploration expeditions, was the subject of the Hollywood blockbuster
Hidden Figures (and the book it's based on).*
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