The history of computer science is often presented as almost completely white and male. Here is a more diverse day by day version, It may start sparse but we will fill it in with links to cs4fn articles as we come across diverse events. We will celebrate the contributions of computer scientists whether men, women, LGBTQ+, disabled or not, and of whatever ethnicity, religion or country of birth.
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LGBTQ+ Computer Scieice Greats
Mary Coombs born
First female commercial programmer
Teashops and Leo the computer
Susan Kare born
Iconic Icon creator
jacquielawson.com launched
Mary Jackson (Hidden Figure) died
Christopher Strachey wrote the
first ‘creative’ love letter program
Claude Shannon died
Father of information theory
The computer versus the casino
ALSO February 24 2020 Kathering Johnson (Hidden Figure) died
Mary Coombs 2022
first female commercial programmer
Herman Hollerith born
Founded IBM, invented Electric Tabulating System
Coming soon(ish) … (within the year at least)
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