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Queen of Code (1943) w/ Mar Hicks

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 1:30 p.m.

It\u2019s November 22nd. On this day in 2016, Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to computer programmer Grace Hopper, who entered the Navy in the mid-1940s and helped pioneer a lot of modern electronic computing.

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Jody and Niki are joined by Mar Hicks of Illinois Tech University to discuss Hopper\u2019s legacy, her knack for storytelling, and the other women whose stories may not be as popular.

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Hick\u2019s book is Programmed Inequality

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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