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  Great idea, Simon:

I have a very close friend (female) who was a math/computer science  
major in the early 70's.  The head of the math department called her  
in one day and said, "Honey, I think you want to pick something  
else..."  Needless to say, the it only strengthened her resolve.


	


On Dec 17, 2008, at 7:26 PM, Nina Simon wrote:

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> I'd be interested in how many of us have had "non-famous" firsts of  
> this kind.  I have a close friend, a high school math teacher, who  
> was told by HER high school advisor to consider something "a little  
> easier, honey" when she expressed an interest in going to an  
> engineering university.  Thankfully, she didn't listen.  But this  
> didn't happen in the 1800s... it was the 1990s.
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> I imagine that the high school advisor in question might still be  
> visiting museums with his family.  It would be great to have some  
> of these contemporary everyday stories included so people don't  
> think all the firsts are historical!
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> Nina
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> On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Tammy West wrote:
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>> I'm not sure if my previous post made it through so I'm sent it  
>> again, my apologies if this is a re-posting
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>> Betty Snyder Holberton, Jean Jennings Bartik, Kathleen McNulty  
>> Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman  
>> Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence belong in our history books  
>> and computer courses,  "Not only did they program the first modern  
>> computer, some devoted decades to making programming easier and  
>> more accessible for all who followed."
>> They programmed ENIAC to perform a ballistics trajectory, a  
>> differential calculus equation important to the WWII effort, and  
>> they succeeded brilliantly. When the ENIAC was unveiled to the  
>> public on February 14, 1946, their program captured the  
>> imagination of the press and made headlines across the country.  
>> Afterwards, the ENIAC became a legendary machine and its engineers  
>> (all men) became famous.
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>> Find out more about these ladies at http://eniacprogrammers.org
>> BTW- They are needing donations to help produce a documentary  
>> about these ladies if you are interested in helping let the world  
>> know.
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>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Wendy Derjue-Holzer wrote:
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>> Also in a local to Boston vein, Louis Latimer was a black inventor  
>> born in Chelsea in 1848. Among other things, he invented a good  
>> way to manufacture the carbon filaments in light bulbs. More info  
>> is available on the web. I only know of him through a recent  
>> contact with the "Louis Latimer Society" in Chelsea which does out  
>> of school work with Chelsea youth. Alissa, let me know if you want  
>> to check in with the Latimer society.
>> -Wendy
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