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Margaret Hamilton
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Margaret Hamilton was a pioneering computer scientist who led the development of the software for NASA's Apollo missions.
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"I was attracted both by the sheer idea and the fact that it had never been done before. I was the first programmer to join and the first woman they hired."View Story →
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Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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