Question

Pioneering Programmer
1. Before you listen, look at the image. Do you know who the woman in the picture is? Does it appear that she was successful in her career? Explain Where do you think she may have worked?


2. Who is Grace Hopper? Why is she important? What was she successful at doing? Why do you think that she is almost unknown? Write your answers on the lines below.​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

Do you know who the woman in the picture is?

Yes, she is Grace Murray Hopper.

Does it appear that she was successful in her career?

Yes, she did.

Who is Grace Hopper?

Grace Hopper was the creator of the first computer compiler in 1952.

Why is she important? What was she successful at doing?

She is an important person because she was part of the history of software.

Why do you think that she is almost unknown?

Because not much has been said about her in history, and because it has been a while since what she did.