Dr. Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

Grace Hopper came of age at a time when a relatively high number of women were receiving doctorates –numbers that would not be matched again until the 1980s. The war also created opportunities for women to enter the workforce in greater numbers. Nevertheless, her success in a male-dominated field and in male-dominated organizations such as the US Navy, was exceptional.

Dr. Gladys Brown West

Photos courtesy of the West family Dr. Gladys Brown West enabled the GPS with her mathematical modeling of the world. As a poor black child born to parents who owned …