Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/science/space/margaret-hamilton-computer-science.html