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Margaret Hamilton and the Days Before Coding Became a Boys' Club
Original: Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code
The New York Times has published a feature on Margaret Hamilton, the MIT software engineer who led the programming of NASA's Apollo guidance computer, including the code that enabled the Moon landing. The piece revisits how women like Hamilton shaped early software engineering before computer science became a male-dominated field, prompting fresh discussion about women's overlooked contributions to computing history.
Why now: A new high-profile feature has renewed interest in Margaret Hamilton's role in Apollo computing and women's history in software engineering.
Margaret HamiltonNASAMITApollo programThe New York Times
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- Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code · ChrisArchitect · 13
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