Mar 25 2009
Amazing Grace Hopper
I try to tell all of my female computer students about Grace Hopper, especially those who question the decision to be computer professionals. Too many people do not realize the amazing contributions of women to the field of computing. It is seen as a men-only club, which simply is not true. Some of the best computer people I know are women.
The picture in this post is from 1985, the year that Admiral Grace Hopper and Seaman Recruit Bill Genereux served together in the Navy. I never met her but that was the first year I learned about her.
Yesterday was Ada Lovelace International Day of Blogging. I wrote about another pioneer, Jean Jennings Bartik, who actually worked on the ENIAC and other computer projects before Grace Hopper. Literally hundreds of blog posts were made about women in technology yesterday. Check them out!
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