Grace Hopper

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Gender	Female
Death	31 years ago
Date of birth	December 9,1906
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Born	New York
	United States
Date of died	January 1,1992
Died	Arlington County
	Virginia
	United States
Years of service	1943–1966, 1967–1971, 1972–1986
Invention	A-0 System
Education	Yale University
	Vassar College
	The Wardlaw + Hartridge School
Books	Understanding Computers
	Sg, Understanding Computers
	Instructor's Manual to Accompany Understanding Computers [by] Grace Murray Hopper, Steven L. Mandell
	Tr Masters, Understanding Computers
Awards	National Medal of Technology and Innovation
	IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
	Presidential Medal of Freedom
Spouse	Vincent Foster Hopper
Rank	Rear admiral
Siblings	Dr. Roger Franklin Murray, II
	Mary Murray Westcote
Parents	Mary Campbell Van Horne Murray
	Walter Fletcher Murray
Alma mater	Vassar College
	Yale University
	MS
Full name	Grace Brewster Murray
Date of Reg.	2019-02-22 20:16:57
Date of Upd.	2023-11-14 21:23:14
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Grace Hopper Life story

Grace Brewster Hopper was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers.

Why are so few women inventors named on patents?

Feb 16,2020 6:46 am

... We should applaud the fact that some of the greatest scientists and inventors throughout history have been women - from Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin to Grace Hopper, [a computer programming pioneer], and Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar, she says...