Meet Grace Hopper, the Pioneering Computer Scientist Who Helped Invent COBOL and Build the Historic Mark I Computer (1906-1992) | Open Culture

Technology, Rasmussen College lists six “Assumptions to Avoid” for women who want to enter the field of computer science. I couldn’t comment on whether these “assumptions” (alleged misconceptions like “the work environment is hostile to women”) are actually disproved by the commentary.

Source: Meet Grace Hopper, the Pioneering Computer Scientist Who Helped Invent COBOL and Build the Historic Mark I Computer (1906-1992) | Open Culture

Nice article highlighting Grace Hopper.  The documentary project has been funded and from the last update on their Indiegogo page, production is continuing, though very slowly.  Hopefully it will eventually get released.


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