484: Margaret Hamilton NASA Computer Code Writer Born: 17 August 1936, Paoli, Indiana, United States of America Margaret was also a systems engineer and business owner. She popularized the term software engineering. Margaret worked as Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory which worked to make onboard software for the NASA…
483: Irma Eckler The Wife of August Landmesser—the German Man Who Famously Refused to Do the Nazi Salute in a Photograph Born: 12 May 1913, Hamburg, Germany Died: 28 April 1942, Bernberg, Germany When she and August got engaged, they were denied a marriage license because she was technically Jewish. I use the word technically…
482: Jan Brewer Former Governor of Arizona Born: 26 September 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Jan is the fourth woman to serve in that capacity in the state of Arizona and was actually the third consecutive woman governor when she took over the post in 2009. Jan served as governor until 2015….
481: Rose Mofford The First Female Governor of Arizona Born: 10 June 1922, Globe, Arizona, United States of America Died: 15 September 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America Rose previously served as the First Female Secretary of the State of Arizona. Her role as “first” in anything started in high school, when she was…
“I didn’t think the photograph of the girl would be different from anything else I shot that day,” -Steve McCurry, the Photographer The above photographs were both taken by McCurry, in 1984 and 2002, respectively 480: Sharbat Gula Subject of The Afghan Girl Photograph Born: c.1972, Nangarhar, Afghanistan The photo would also serve as the…
479: Jo Ann Jenkins CEO of AARP Born: 1958, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America Jo Ann has been CEO since 2014; she joined the company in 2010. Before joining AARP, she worked for the United States Government in the Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and later Agriculture Departments. From 1994 to at least 2007…
These are the entries born in the country of Cambodia or the geographic equivalent of that country. Entries: Khieu Ponnary, The First Woman in Cambodia to Graduate High School and Later the First Wife of Pol Pot
“In the name of a radical utopia, the Khmer Rouge regime had turned most of the people into slaves. Husbands were separated from wives, parents from children. Holidays, music, romance and entertainment were banned. Dictatorial village leaders and soldiers told the people whom to marry and how to live, and those who disobeyed were killed….
“If these children need me in days of sunshine, how much more do they need me in days of darkness?” 477: Jane Haining Missionary For the Church of Scotland Born: 6 June 1897, Near Dunscore, Dumfriesshire, United Kingdom Died: c.17 July 1944, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Nazi Occupied Poland Jane served in Budapest for over twelve…
476: Col. Lorllys Ramos Acevedo Former and Last Head of Venezuelan Aviation Accident Unit (aka the JIAAC—Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviacion Civil) Birth Date Unknown The JIAAC was shut down and replaced with a new organization. Lorllys was featured on an episode of Air Disasters on the Smithsonian Channel. Her LinkedIn profile lists her…