Birth: August 17th 1936
Major Academic Events: She studied philosophy and mathemathics at Earl College Margaret then accepted a job at MIT where she started to program software to predict weather. She then transitioned into working at MITs instrumentation laboratory which helped provide aeronautical technology to NASA
Major Contribution: Margaret Hamilton coined the term Software Engineer
Other Contributions: Margaret Hamilton was critical in the Apollo 11 flight. She was the leader of the software engineering division in the MIT. Her creative software made sure that Apollo 11 landed safely after the lunar module computer triggered alarm codes. Hamilton eventually went on to establish Higher Order Software and Hamilton Technologies She received many awards such as NASAs Exceptional Space Act Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Hamilton-American-computer-scientist
https://computerhistory.org/profile/margaret-hamilton/
https://inahof.org/members/2023-class/margaret-hamilton/
Birth: Decmember 9th 196
Death: January 1st 1992
Major Academic Events: She graduated in 1928 from Vassar College with a degree in mathematics and physics Grace then completed her masters from Yale and started teaching mathematics at Vassar She went on to complete her PhD in mathematics from Yale After the Pearl Harbor bombing she joined the Navy reserve
Major Contribution: Grace Hopper developed the UNIVAC I which was the first commercially available electronic computer
Other Contributions: Grace hopper created a widely used programming language known as COBOL She retired at the age of 79 making her the oldest person serving in the US armed forces Grace Hopper created the first compiler known as the A-0 in 1952
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Hopper
https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/grace-brewster-murray-hopper-mathematician-computer-science-pioneer
Birth: November 9th 1914
Death: January 19th 2000
Major Academic Events: Hedy Lamarr was not officially educated in technology. She went to Max Reinhardt School of Drama for acting. A lot of her knowledge came from discussions with her first husband's colleagues
Major Contributions: Hedy Lamarr invented Frequency Hopping. This was used to encrypt messages making it harder for the Axis powers to decode radio messages.This invention was later used as a base for other revolutionary technology like WiFi and Bluetooth.
Others Contributions: She was considered a "catalyst" for technological innovation. She broke the stereotype that only those who study technology cah make technological advances, encouraging more people to join the CS field
Sources:
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr