Infact, researches suggests that women are considered better coders than men only if they hide their gender.
There is a famous saying by Brigham Young that, You educate a man; you educate a man.
You educate a woman; you educate a generation.
Babbage referred to her as the enchantress of numbers.
Ada expounded on the potential uses of the Analytical Engine and wrote several computer programs.
She predicted the computers ability to make music and manipulate symbols.
Grace said, To me programming is more than an important practical art.
It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.
In 1991, Grace Hopper was the first female recipient of the National Medal of Technology.
The Association for Computing Machinery today offers an award for outstanding young computer professionals in her name.
She spent her later years as a real estate agent and died in 2011 from congestive heart failure complications.
She was the Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory.
She was one of the first women to be granted a doctorate in computer science in the United States.
Through her academic and corporate work, Barbara made significant contributions to the advance of coding.
Her innovations can be seen in every modern programming language including Java, C#, and C++.
Be prepared to change your goals if that turns out to be the right thing for you.
Barbara counselled upcoming women interested in technology.
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