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Women in tech history: Margaret Hamilton, the engineer who helped get us to the moon

Many of the early pioneers in programming were women. That wouldn't have come as much of a surprise during the 1950-60s, as it was seen by many as job for women. In the early days of programming, computers read cards with holes punched in them as input. Punching holes into

A photo of a smiling woman lying down inside a NASA Command Module. She is flicking a switch above her with her right hand.