Tag: great women in modern history
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Great Women in Modern History Part 3: Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT. DDT had been widely accepted and welcomed pesticides. It was used everywhere. There is really no way to measure a major important role Rachel Carson played in the human history. Carson has shown remarkable traits of successful and influential people in modern history.
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Forgotten Women Pioneers in Computer Technology: Great Women in Modern History Part 2
Many great women pioneered computer technology. They have been forgotten. The first programmers in Silicon Valley were women. The number of women grew rapidly in this field. But around mid 1980’s this began to change. In 1984 small home computer came about. Ads for personal computers were targeted at boys. By the mid-90’s Carnegie Mellon…