Famous Women in Computing (March)

Margaret Hamilton standing next to her computer code that took man to the moon in 1969

Women have always played a significant part in science, and computing too. Much of the modern world is a result of their contribution, but all too often their names are not celebrated.

Can you find out what they achieved?

  1. Grace Hopper
  2. Katherine Johnson
  3. Annie Easley
  4. Radia Perlman
  5. Hedy Lamarr
  6. Margaret Hamilton
  7. Adele Goldberg
  8. Elizabeth Feinler
  9. Anita Borg
  10. Carol Shaw
  11. Shafi Goldwasser
  12. Sister Mary Kenneth Keller
  13. The ENIAC programmers
  14. Fran Allen
  15. Jean Bartik
  16. Mary Allen Wilkes
  17. Evelyn Boyd Granville
  18. Jean Sammet
  19. Karen Spärck Jones
  20. Grace Hopper Pioneers Computer Programming
  21. Grace Murray Hopper
  22. Barbara Liskov
  23. Frances Elizabeth Allen
  24. Betty Jennings


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