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Grace Murray Hopper
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Talks with Women Who Have Shaped Our TimesGrace Murray Hopper was a brilliant mathematician and computer scientist. She was also a gifted teacher, navy admiral and brilliant communicator. One of the first three modern “programmers,” Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to the development of computer languages juggling
between academia and the navy.Hopper came of age at a time of unusual opportunity for women witha relatively high number of women receiving doctorates. She is an alum of Yale like her father. Hopper divorced her husband and never remarried or had children. She struggled with alcoholism and depression in the 1940s.
Her success in male-dominated fields and male-dominated organizations, including the U.S. Navy, is exceptional.Louise Nevelson
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Talks with Women Who Have Shaped Our Times
Then also I think being an artist is a state of mind. There were a great many frustrations in my life, too. But the only thing I can say is that I was looking for harmony and I think my long suit was that I was able to remember things and externalize them. I wanted harmony within myself, so I externalized it in my work." ~Louise Nevelson
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