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b'DecodeHer\\nThey were pioneers in their fields, yet their names are scarcely known \\u2013 because they didn\\u2019t have a Y chromosome.\\xa0We examine the accomplishments of two women who pioneered code breaking and astronomy during the early years of the twentieth century and did so in the face of social opprobrium and a frequently hostile work environment.\\nHenrietta Leavitt measured the brightnesses of thousands of stars and discovered a way to gauge the distances to galaxies, a development that soon led to the concept of the Big Bang.\\nElizabeth Friedman, originally hired to test whether William Shakespeare really wrote his plays, was soon establishing the science of code breaking, essential to success in the two world wars.\\xa0\\nAlso, the tech industry is overwhelmingly male.\\xa0Girls Who Code is an initiative to redress the balance by introducing girls to computer programming, and encouraging them to follow careers in tech.\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nJason Fagone\\xa0\\u2013 Author of \\u201cThe Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America\\u2019s Enemies\\u201d\\n\\n\\nLauren Gunderson\\xa0\\u2013 Playwright of\\xa0Silent Sky, which is being performed all over the world, form the\\xa0First Folio Theatre\\xa0to the\\xa0Repertory Philippines\\n\\n\\n\\nReshma Saujani\\xa0\\u2013 Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, and the author of "Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'