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Grace Hopper – Female Pioneer for the Information Age
By Alicia Waters | December 20, 2017
At the beginning of World War II, she left her husband and faculty position at Vassar College to become a United States Navy Wave Officer and a female computer programmer and software developer. Listen to her story as discussed by Kara Miller and Kurt Beyer during their Innovation Hub program at WGBH. After the program, order a digital book or download a title about her life and times and other noted women that contributed to the Information Age. The following digital resources are available in our collection.
DB65262 Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea by Kathleen Broome Williams – downloadable and digital reproduction available
DB33808 Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer by Charlene Billings – downloadable and digital reproduction available
DB53199 American Computer Pioneers by Mary Northrup – downloadable and digital reproduction available
DB58587 Hidden from History: the Lives of Eight American Women Scientists by Kim Zach – downloadable and digital reproduction available
DB86824 Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly – downloadable and digital hard copies available
Call RI Talking Books Library at 401-574-9310 or email us at talking.books@olis.ri.gov to order any of these books.
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