7 Influential
Women in the Tech World
Ada Lovelace
She is the world's first ever computer programmer in the Victorian
era who established an algorithm for a computer that didn't yet
exist.
Erna Schneider Hoover
Thesis: An analysis of Contrary-to-Fact Conditional Sentences
(1951)t
This woman us known
as the "telephone hero". She invented the telephone switching
computer program that kept phones functioning under stressful
loads. Erna is the reason why dropped calls and busy signals
aren't so much of a problem now.
Roberta Williams
She is an innovator and visionary in creating and glossing
this niche of PC games. Roberta is best known for her adventure
gaming the "King Quest".
Grace Hooper (American Computer Scientist)
Grace known as the
Queen of Software and Grandma COBOL(Common Business-Oriented
Language) by others, helped invent some of the early
English-language programmings. She designed the FLOW-MATIC
language which converted binary code into English which became
legible to human beings (especially in the business sector) and
the rest was history.
Barbara Liskov (American Computer Scientist)
This is one of the first woman to earn a Ph.D in Computer Science.
Barbara's CLU invention laid the foundation for object-oriented
programming. As a result, her programs have contributed to the
wealth of many modern operation systems and OOP-based languages
such as Java ( one of the first languages studied as a cousre in
computer science).
Susan Kare (Artist)
Susan is a user interface guru. With her classy
iconic graphic design skills and the typography skill, she helped
bring life to Apple computers. Kare aided in shaping many of the
now-common interface components of the Mac whiles working hand in
hand with Steve Jobs.
Marissa Mayer(American Information Technology Executive)
She is the first female engineer to be employed at
Google when it was just a startup. Her talents in user interface
design and product vision have influenced Google's position as the
top leading web, mobile and search company.