"The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Parse Tree <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:6CyY8.1335$o7.353081 at news20.bellglobal.com...> >
> > "Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab at lojban.org> wrote in message
> > news:6qu4ju4i27ra7ti5gts1ndhivj7onim5mj at 4ax.com...> > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
> > > >The simple fact that they have to go back a century and dredge up a
> woman
> > > >who got a Nobel Prize BECAUSE her husband requested she be added to
the
> > list
> > > >is proof enough of the lack of women Nobel Prize winners, eh?
> > >
> > > http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html> > >
> > > lists 30 women who won Nobel prizes, many of them in the sciences,
> despite
> > > the fact that because of sexism, women have had few opportunities to
> work
> > in
> > > the sciences.
> > >
> > > The reason for going back to Marie Curie is that she was especially
> > > noteworthy among scientists in general, made one of the most
significant
> > > discoveries of her time, did so under conditions even more adverse
than
> > women
> > > face today, and was recognized within the first couple of years after
> the
> > > Nobel prizes were established. (She also raised a daughter to the
level
> > that
> > > 30 years later she also won a Nobel prize in the sciences.)
> > >
> > > That her husband requested her recognition is because he admitted that
> she
> > > was at least as instrumental in the discovery as he was. In other
> words,
> > he
> > > was honest, unlike yourself.
> >
> > If Grace Murray Hopper really did invent the compiler, then her impact
has
> > been far beyond that of Marie Curie, and most Nobel Laureates in
general.
> > http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html> >
>> She did. She also was the first to "debug" a computer:).
Oh my! It's unfortunate that they didn't have the Turing award back then.
I don't think the people here realize that without compilers there probably
be no usenet, no web browsers, and no large information technology industry.
Her contribution was essential in the information age.
