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Did you know? #CSEdWeek coincides with the birthdays of noted computing pioneers Grace Hopper (Dec. 9) and Ada Lovelace (Dec. 10). Learn how to take part with CSEdWeek and Hour of Code!

Happy birthday to the iconic computing pioneer Grace Hopper, born #OTD in 1906! 🎂 Learn about the objects in this vignette, currently in LEGO® IDEAS review with our proposed Women of Computing set: flic.kr/p/2kNCDTn

Happy birthday Ada Lovelace! Born today in 1815. Find out more about Ada with this chapter written by Suw from our book "A Passion For Science: Tales of Discovery and Invention" findingada.com/shop/a-passion…

🎂 Happy birthday to Ada Lovelace, 19th c. mathematician and visionary who predicted what computers could do beyond basic calculations. Joining her w/this partial model of the Analytical Engine is her cat, Mrs. Puff. We should know soon whether this will become a real LEGO set!

Meet the winners of the Equals in Tech Award! Get inspired by initiatives bringing awareness to the #tech gender gap, training women and girls and creating social justice movements. bit.ly/3DTieub

Maia Weinstock Maia Portell Weinstock ✨ created the concept for #LEGO Women of NASA set, which includes a Sally Ride minifigure. Now Weinstock has proposed a LEGO set honoring Women of Computing. Read a LEGO® IDEAS blog about how she uses LEGOs to celebrate #WomenInSTEM: bit.ly/3luQp4H

This week we celebrate the late Jean Jennings Bartik (b. 12/27/24), who co-led coding of ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose digital computer! 🎂 We'll soon learn whether this vignette featuring ENIAC, Bartik, and programmer Betty Holberton will become a real LEGO set.

Among many other accomplishments, computer scientist Annie Easley (1933-2011) developed software for Centaur upper-stage rockets, which launched space probes to Mars and the outer solar system and helped lay the foundations for launching NASA's space shuttles. #BlackHistoryMonth

Pioneering mathematician and programmer Dr. Gladys B. West is best known for developing the computer model that became the foundation for the Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides geolocation information for countless applications. #BlackHistoryMonth

"Hundreds of thousands ... contributed to Apollo over a decade. Among them: the Navajo women who assembled state-of-the-art integrated circuits for the Apollo Guidance Computer and the women employees of Raytheon who wove the computer’s core memory." sciencenews.org/article/core-m…

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In this exclusive interview with Computer History Museum , iconic computer scientist Margaret Hamilton remembers a woman role model, who became a major influence on her career choice: bit.ly/36oxmUZ #SheIsWhyICode

As many of you know, the Lego Women of Computing were ultimately not selected for production. But my day was just made after receiving these fine sets for being a LEGO® IDEAS finalist. Thank you, LEGO!

❤️Got to hang with one of my heroes this morning, the ever inspiring Dr. Tarika Barrett. So excited about our partnership with Girls Who Code. Together, we’re closing the gender gap in cybersecurity…#50x30!

"The Computer Girls," was a 1967 Cosmopolitan piece about a strange new field dominated by women. It was called programming: bit.ly/2xwrJ1c

Please help the Women's Brick Initiative with their new research on diversity in LEGO Minifigures by taking this brief survey: forms.gle/8E632XRi9w6rpD… 📷: Brick Alliance