Choose to Challenge: DMC Celebrates International Women’s Day

For over 100 years, millions around the globe have recognized International Women’s Day (IWD) at the workplace, in their personal lives, and more recently across social media platforms. Observed as a part of Women’s History Month, IWD celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality in society, the workplace, and beyond.

This year, the theme is Choose to Challenge – a call to encourage everyone to not only recognize accomplishments of women, but to take it one step further and challenge places where they may see gender bias and inequality. Challenging these biases and recognizing where society can still improve is the first step to implementing real change. 

This International Women’s Day, we honor all the women working with Data Machines Corp. today who play an integral role in fulfilling our mission, and, in turn, our customers’ missions.

We would also like to pay homage to the women who helped get us to where we are today in the world of computer and data science and machine learning. Here is a snapshot of some incredible women throughout history who have made a difference in the industry.

Jean Bartik

Jean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). ENIAC, the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, was used to calculate missile trajectories during World War II. She also helped convert ENIAC into a stored-program computer, a major milestone that improved its efficiency and usefulness. 

Margaret Hamilton

As one of the first software engineers, Margaret Hamilton helped write the code for the guidance and control systems for both the command and lunar modules used on the Apollo missions to the Moon.

Grace Hopper

Computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper helped develop the first Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC), the first all-electronic digital computer. UNIVAC was the first computer of its kind developed for business application in the U.S. She also assisted with the development of COBOL, one of the first standardized computer languages that enabled computers to respond to words as well as numbers.

Katherine Johnson

Renowned mathematician and data scientist Katherine Johnson broke glass ceilings for women in the previously male-dominated field of space exploration. She calculated the path for Freedom 7, part of the Mercury Program, and played a vital role in putting the first astronaut, Alan Shepard, into space. 

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