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Margaret Hamilton and the Era Before Computing's Boys' Club

Original: Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

A New York Times feature revisits Margaret Hamilton, the NASA software engineer who led the onboard flight software for the Apollo missions, at a time when programming was far more open to women. The piece argues that computing only became male-dominated later, and Hamilton's career shows what that earlier, more inclusive era of computer science looked like.

Why now: The feature is renewing attention on Hamilton's pioneering role and sparking debate about how computer science became male-dominated.

Margaret HamiltonNASANew York TimesApollo program

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• Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code · ChrisArchitect · 13

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