“I always remember having this fight with a random dude who claimed that ‘straight white men’ were the only true innovators. His prime example for this was the computer… the computer… THE COMPUTER!!! THE COM-PU-TER!!!
Alan Turing - Gay man and ‘father of computing’ Wren operating Bombe - The code cracking computers of the 2nd world war were entirely run by women Katherine Johnson - African American NASA mathematician and ‘Human computer’ Ada Lovelace - arguably the 1st computer programmer”
- Sacha Coward
Also Margaret Hamilton - NASA computer scientist who put the first man on the moon - an as-yet-unmatched feet of software engineering, here pictured beside the full source of that computer programme. #myhero
Grace Hopper - the woman that coined the term “bug”
Here they are, all together, the girls of Tri Phi! This wraps up my fall illustration thesis. Stay tuned for whatever secrets I pull outta my sleeves next semester!! (throws confetti)
[drawing of a green cloud saying “I care about your happiness and your well-being. I care about your dreams and your goals. I care about you.” in a yellow speech bubble on a blue background.]