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Year Name What she did More info 350 Hypatia of Alexandría Invented the Hydrometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia

1793 Hannah Slater First US Woman to file a patent for her improvements to cotton sewing thread. Issued to "Mrs. Samuel Slater" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Slater

1809 Mary Dixon Kies American inventor, patented a technique to weave straw with silk and thread https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dixon_Kies 1811 Sarah Maria Beach Invented a method for the safe piling of bridges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Guppy 1813 Tabitha Babitt American Toolmaker who invented the Circular Saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabitha_Babbit 1842 Considered the creator of the 1st Algorithm. The first , male or female. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace 1858 Florence Nightingale British nurse that revolutionized information display thanks to her statistics & mathematics knowledge https://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/2015/11/06/mujeres-pioneras-ciencia-educacion/ After her husband (a former naval scientist) died, she developed some ideas from a notebook he had left unfinished and designed a 1859 Mary J. Coston working naval signal flare. https://www.engineergirl.org/42022/Mary_Coston 1872 Mª Elena Maseras i Ribera 1st woman to be admitted in a spanish university https://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/2015/11/06/mujeres-pioneras-ciencia-educacion/ 1873 Helen Augusta Blanchard Filed 28 patents, 22 of which had to do with sewing machines https://www.engineergirl.org/42010/Helen_Blanchard She would have been the 1st Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT but she was denied it as the MIT teachers didn't want that place to go to a 1875 Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards woman. She opened the Woman's Laboratory at MIT in 1876. 1879 Mary Walton Patented a device to minimize smoke poured into air. In 1891 she patented a device to minimize the noise generated by the city trains. https://www.engineergirl.org/42031/Mary-Walton British and inventor. Studied Mathematics at Cambrige but was denied a degree. Women could only get Certificates of 1880 Hertha Marks Ayrton Completion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Marks_Ayrton American chemist and refrigeration engineer. Studied Chemistry in the Univ. Penssylvania but was given a Certificate of Proficiency 1882 instead. 1883 Emily Warren Roebling Her husband, the engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge, got ill, and she learned from books and him to finish the building http://www.asce.org/templates/person-bio-detail.aspx?id=11203 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Charles_Pickering 1893 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Part of the group of "the Pickering Girls" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Computers https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/web_base.gera_pagina?p_pagina=estudantes%20da%20academia% 1894 Rita de Moraes Sarmento 1st woman to obtain an Engineering degree at the Technical University of Porto in Portugal. 1st Woman Engineer in 20polit%C3%A9cnica%20do%20porto:%20rita%20de%20moraes%20sarmento 1897 Agnes Klingberg / Betzy Meyer 1st female Chemistry at the Copenhagen Polytechnic Learning Center https://ida.dk/content/de-foerste-kvindelige-ingenioerer-agnes-og-betzy-pionerer 1901 Julie Arenholt 3rd female Chemistry engineer at the Copenhagen Polytechnic Learning Center 1903 Marie Curie 1st Physics Nobel Prize Winner (also 1911 in Chemistry) https://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/2015/11/06/mujeres-pioneras-ciencia-educacion/ 1st woman to receive a degree in civil engineering from Cornell University. After 12 years working as an engineer, she was not accepted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Stanton_Blatch_Barney as an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Shoe worked as an assistant to Lee De Forest, who invented the https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gn-aonJ- 1905 Nora Stanton Blatch Barney radio vacuum tube. AalhFNgk2aXugJwBuVVn6sbDYfhBGJNZ1PQ/edit#gid=0 1908 Alice Perry 1st female engineering graduate in Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Perry 1912 Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu One of the 1st recognized female engineers in Europe. Had to transfer from Bucharest to Berlin to do it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_Leonida_Zamfirescu 1915 Emmy Noether Proves the Noether theorem (later published in 1918) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether 1st woman to earn an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT. Inventor of the "Graphical Calculator" for . Graduated in Mathematics and Astronomy in 1908. Teached physics for a while and then went on to MIT. 1st woman to teach (electrical) engineering at 1918 Edith Clarke the University of Texas in 1947. https://www.engineergirl.org/42005/Edith_Clarke 1921 Olive Dennis 1st woman member of the American Railway Engineering Association https://www.engineergirl.org/41754/Olive_Dennis Pioneered (with her husband) the field of Industrial and Organizational , as well as Ergonomics. She redesigned the modern 1921 Lillian Moller Gilbreth kitchen to be more productive an easier to use (foot pedal trash, refrigerator door shelves and wall light switches) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth#cite_note-Held2010-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grete_Hermann http://www.frauen-im-aufbruch-ausstellung.de/en/women/grete-henry-hermann/ https://www.google.es/search?q=Grete_H_Hermann_01&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CZP- 6wvW004qIjgOl3hfv2MAszcZNIwYnSPeiVKh4NYNfbEl61KFlIbN3TFC3fzSvwqvupn0oLkffydr2JUU 7fNJvSoSCQ6XeF-_1YwCzERQlnKSgl5poKhIJNxk0jBidI94Rcv- hOLat4_1EqEgmJUqHg1g19sRG4Fqau- gVzJioSCSXrUoWUhs3dEQle4ErxTLLOKhIJMULd_1NK_1Cq8RahqZ0fVDBisqEgm6mfSguR9_1Jx HTjUgCWn- 9GioSCWvYlRTt80m9ERqMARaMjuP3&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilt47ZwdvZAhUKPhQKHXy2 1926 Grete Hermann Foundational paper for Computerized Algebra BXYQ9C8IHA&biw=2366&bih=1272&dpr=1#imgrc=k_7rC9bTTirhDM: 1st woman to become full member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Later at ENR she directed the "Post War Planning" for the 1927 Elsie Eaves development to be done when the war ended. https://www.engineergirl.org/41747/Elsie_Eaves 1929 Pilar Careaga y Basabe 1st female engineer in Spain https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Careaga 1936 Inge Lehmann Deducted that the core of the Earth is solid floating into liquid and that the planet's magnetic pull comes from this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inge_Lehmann 1940 Phyllis Fox Run a on her own https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Fox 1943 WREN Colossus operators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer 1943 Teacher of the "ENIAC 6". ENIAC Manual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Goldstine 1943 Klara Dan Von Neumann ENIAC & MANIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_Dan_von_Neumann 1943 Augusta H. Teller ENIAC & MANIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_H._Teller 1943 Gertrude Blanch Mathematical Tables Project leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Blanch 1946 Marlyn Meltzer ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlyn_Meltzer 1946 ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Holberton 1946 ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Antonelli 1946 ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Teitelbaum 1946 ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bartik 1946 ENIAC 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Spence 1947 Irma Wyman Missile Guidance Project at Willow Run Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Wyman ARC2 Computer Assembly Language creator 1948 Kathleen Booth Cofounder of School of and Information Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Booth http://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/la-enciclopedia-mecanica-de-dona-angelita/?_ga=2. 1949 Ángela Ruiz Robles Inventor of the electronic book ("Enciclopedia Mecánica") and also the 1st woman to be granted a patent in Spain 144619388.875830831.1520432904-864627089.1520432904 1955 Ruth Davis Technical Director responsible of s system to manage US Navy operations. And many more similar posts later. https://www.engineergirl.org/57655/Ruth-Davis 1949 1st Compiler. The "Mother of COBOL" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper The second African-American woman in the U.S. to receive a PhD in mathematics. Worked for IBM on the Project Vanguard and Project 1949 Evelyn Boyd Granville Mercury space programs, analyzing orbits and developing computer procedures 1950 Ida Rhodes One of the pioneers in the analysis of systems of programming. She co-designed the C-10 language in the early 1950s for the UNIVAC I https://www.nap.edu/read/23394/chapter/13#73 1951 Esther M. Conwell Wrote a paper during her year at Bell Labs explaning the basic properties of semiconductors for William Shockley. http://ethw.org/Esther_Conwell 1952 Mary Coombs One of the first on, and was the first female programmer on LEO, the first business computer Orbital calculations for the United States' Explorer 1 satellite were solved by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's all-female "computers", 1958 El equipo 100% femenino del Jet Propulsion Lab many of whom were recruited out of high school. 1959 M. Gertrude Rand 1st woman to receive the Optical Society of America's Edgar D. Tillyer Medal in recognition of her distinguished work in the field of vision https://www.engineergirl.org/42033/M-Gertrude-Rand 1960 Irmgard Flügge-Lotz 1st woman that became full of engineering at Stanford https://www.engineergirl.org/41743/Irmgard_Lotz The first female engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developing real-time tracking systems using a North American Aviation Recomp II, 1961 Dana Ulery a 40-bit word size computer Developed the FORMAC programming language. She was also the first to write extensively about the history and categorization of 1962 Jean E. Sammet programming languages in 1969, and became the first female president of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1974 Founded the UK company F.I. She was concerned with creating work opportunities for women with dependents, and predominantly employed women, only 3 out of 300-odd programmers were male, until that became illegal. She adopted the name "Steve" 1962 Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley to help her in the male-dominated business world. 1963 Ana María Prieto Considered the 1st female programmer in Spain 1964 Joan Ball The first person to start a computer dating service in 1964 http://www.europapress.es/portaltic/sector/noticia-mujeres-sector-tecnologico-pioneras-abrieron- 1964 Felisa Núñez Cubero 1st female chair professor ("catedrática") in engineering in Spain puertas-miles-cientificas-espana-20170308134647.html The first person to use a computer in a private home (in 1965) and the first developer of an operating system (LAP) for the first 1965 Mary Allen Wilkes minicomputer (LINC) 1965 Sister Mary Kenneth Keller Became the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1965 http://www.europapress.es/portaltic/sector/noticia-mujeres-sector-tecnologico-pioneras-abrieron- 1965 Adelina Álvarez Bartolomé / María de los Remedios Uriel Aguirre / María Teresa Vidal Marín 1st female Telecom Engineers in Spain puertas-miles-cientificas-espana-20170308134647.html 1966 Margaret R. Fox Chief of the of Computer Information in 1966, part of the Institute for Computer Science and Technology of NBS One of the pioneers of computer and algorithmic arts. In 1968 she began working with computers, where she began to create algorithmic 1968 Vera Molnár drawings based on simple geometric shapes geometrical themes. Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for the Apollo space program. MIT work prevented an abort of the Apollo 11 moon landing by using robust architecture. Later, she was awarded 1969 Margaret Hamilton the NASA Exceptional Space Act Award for her scientific and technical contributions American mathematician notable for inventing a computerized telephone switching method which developed modern communication 1971 Erna Schneider Hoover according to several reports The first woman software developer ever hired by Procter & Gamble/Ivorydale, a 13,000-employee complex that included their R&D 1971 Margaret Burnett center. Her position as a software developer also made her the first woman ever hired into a -level position there. 1972 Mary Shaw The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University 1972 Adele Goldberg One of developers of the Smalltalk language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Goldberg_(computer_scientist) 1972 Karen Spärck Jones One of the pioneers of information retrieval and natural language processing 1972 Sandra Kurtzig founded ASK Computer Systems, an early Silicon Valley startup 1973 Susan Nycum co-authored Computer Abuse, a minor classic that was one of the first studies to define and document computer-related crime 1973 Phyllis Fox worked on the PORT portable mathematical/numerical library With her team defined a simple text file format for Internet host names. The list evolved into the Domain Name System and her group 1974 Elizabeth Feinler became the naming authority for the top-level domains of .mil, .gov, .edu, .org, and .com. 1975 Irene Greif Became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science from the Institute of Technology. https://www.theregister.co. 1978 Sophie Wilson British computer scientist. She is known for designing the Acorn Micro-Computer, as well as the instruction set of the ARM processor uk/2012/05/02/unsung_heroes_of_tech_arm_creators_sophie_wilson_and_steve_furber/?page=3 One of the key architects of IBM System R, and in 1979 wrote the canonical paper on relational query optimization. She was appointed an 1979 Patricia Selinger IBM Fellow in 1994, and an ACM Fellow in 2009. 1979 Carol Shaw Game designer and programmer for Atari Corp. and Activision 1980 Carla Meninsky Game designer and programmer for Atari 2600 games Dodge 'Em and Warlords. 1982? Lorinda Cherry worked on the Writer's Workbench (wwb) for Bell Labs (with others) developed the first of the Carmen Sandiego games. She went on to found Girl Tech. Girl Tech develops products and 1983 Janese Swanson services that encourage girls to use new technologies, such as the Internet and video games 1984 Roberta Williams Pioneering work in graphical adventure games for personal computers, particularly the King's Quest series. created the icons and many of the interface elements for the original Apple Macintosh in the 1980s,[39] and was Creative Director at 1984 Susan Kare NeXT 1985 Radia Perlman Invented the Spanning Tree Protocol. She has done extensive and innovative research, particularly on encryption and networking 1985 Irma Wyman The first Honeywell CIO receives a Ph.D. for her work on optimising compilers. She has since then performed influential research in many areas of computer 1987 Monica S. Lam science as well as co-authored a famous textbook on compilers 1988 Éva Tardos Recipient of the Fulkerson Prize for her research on design and analysis of algorithms 1989 Frances E. Allen The first female IBM Fellow in 1989. In 2006, she became the first female recipient of the ACM's Turing Award professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, is one of the founder of NLnet, the first Internet service provider in 1989 Frances Brazier the Netherlands CEO and co-founder of Palm, Inc., co-founder of Handspring, co-founder of Numenta, Harvard Business School's Alumni Achievement Award winner for "introducing the first successful personal digital assistant (PDA) and who is now developing a computer memory system 1992 Donna Dubinsky modeled after the human brain" Theoretical computer scientist, is a two-time recipient of the Gödel Prize for research on complexity theory, cryptography and 1993 Shafi Goldwasser computational number theory, and the invention of zero-knowledge proofs 1993 Barbara Liskov together with Jeannette Wing, developed the Liskov substitution principle. Liskov was also the winner of the Turing Prize in 2008 1994 Sally Floyd known for her work on Transmission Control Protocol 1996 Xiaoyuan Tu The first female recipient of ACM's Doctoral Dissertation Award 1997 Anita Borg Founding director of the Institute for Women and Technology (IWT), renamed Anita Borg Institute (ABI) in her honor in 2003 Founded LinuxChix, an international organization for women who use Linux and women and men who want to support women in 1998 Deb Richardson computing the first female engineer hired at Google, and was later named Vice President of Search Product and User Experience. She was formerly 1999 Marissa Mayer the CEO of Yahoo! http://www.europapress.es/portaltic/sector/noticia-mujeres-sector-tecnologico-pioneras-abrieron- 2002 María Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer 1st female Telecommunications Engineering "catedrática" in Spain puertas-miles-cientificas-espana-20170308134647.html earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1998 with the notable thesis "ParaSite: Mining the structural 2003 Ellen Spertus information on the World-Wide Web" 2004 Jeri Ellsworth Self-taught computer chip designer and creator of the C64 Direct-to-TV 2004 Lucy Sanders Co-founded the National Center for Women & Information Technology 2005 Audrey Tang Initiator and leader of the Pugs project 2005 Mary Lou Jepsen Founder and chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), and the founder of Pixel Qi 2006 Maria Klawe The first woman to become President of the Harvey Mudd College since its founding in 1955 and was ACM president from 2002 until 2004 Her research concerns the security and privacy of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, she is known to have programmed 2006 Melanie Rieback the first virus to infect RFID devices 2006 Joanna Rutkowska Creator of Blue Pill, a rootkit based on x86 virtualization, at the Black Hat Briefings computer security conference 2014 Megan Smith First female Chief Technology Officer of the United States of America (USCTO), succeeding Todd Park. 2015 Sarah Sharp The first winner of the annual Women in Open Source Community Award, awarded by RedHat 2015 Kesha Shah The first winner of the annual Women in Open Source Academic Award, awarded by RedHat