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Reshma Saujani

With the help of Saujani’s program, Girls Who Code, the amount of girls in the technology field has drastically increased.

Tenho Sihvonen Connable Hindert

She taught computer science for 14 years at Western Michigan University.

Dr Chieko Asakawa

Dr. Chieko Asakawa is a prominent inventor of software that aided in the development of accessibility technology.

Adele Goldberg

American computer scientist

She became the first African-American hired into a technical position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a ‘computer’. JPL sent her on a programming training course at IBM and she learnt speed coding and was promoted to ‘mathematician’.

Roberta Williams

Roberta Lynn Williams was one of the most influential personal-computer-game designers of the 1980s and 1990s, becoming known as the “Mother” and “Queen” of video adventure games.

Kudzai Kanhutu

Zimbabwean doctor and associate professor Kudzai Kanhutu is a powerful advocate for health systems and gender equity in Australia.

Martine Rothblatt

Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.

Dr Daniela Blanco

After inventing a greener way to manufacture nylon and winning several student pitch competitions, Daniela Blanco pivoted her company to focus on creating AI tools to help others across the chemical industry operate more sustainably.