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Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 2016. Hooray for women in STEM.
by officemonkey 7y ago
Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Hooray for women in STEM.
- hanniabu 7y agoHooray for people* in STEM
- jjeaff 7y agoIt is perfectly acceptable and proper to congratulate a minority group who is not only advancing the art, but doing so with the additional hardship of being a minority. Not only are they advancing the art, same as many others, but they are in a way, being a pioneer and setting an example that will undoubtedly encourage many more people like themselves to join in and contribute. To respond with "congratulations to everyone" is like responding to "black lives matter" with "all lives matter". Which either intentionally or not, diminishes the point trying to be made. If you watched Hidden Figures or read the book, I think you would understand why they deserve a little bit of extra congratulations.
- leereeves 7y agoOnce in a while it would nice to see some attention be paid to oppressed people other than the same few powerful groups. So I'll say it this way: hurray for people in STEM (and everywhere) who've overcome challenges of all kinds.
- skratchpixels 7y agoShe also has her own Lego figurine. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/women-of-nasa-21312 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/women-of-nasa-21312