Rear Adm. Grace Hopper. She wrote the first compiler which she was assured couldn't be done after already doing it, she rose to the top of a male dominated fie

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper. She wrote the first compiler which she was assured couldn't be done after already doing it, she rose to the top of a male dominated field and did it on merit, she took a leave from Vasser to join WAVES (womens volunteer corp during WWII) as a junior lieutenant, refused to retire and ended up a Read Admiral. Ada gets a lot of respect as the 'first' female programmer but Hopper is at least as significant imo. > The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people. They come to me, you know, and say, 'Do you think we can do this?' I say, "Try it." And I back 'em up. They need that. I keep track of them as they get older and I stir 'em up at intervals so they don't forget to take chances