American Computer Museum in Bozeman exhibit - “From Astronomy to Zoology: 1,500 years of Women in Science and Technology” aims to inspire
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“From Astronomy to Zoology: 1,500 years of Women in Science and Technology,” aims to raise awareness of women like Bourgeois, Lovelace and Franklin and inspire people n especially young girls - to be scientists.
Louise Bourgeois was the first professionally trained female surgeon. Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program. Rosalind Franklin developed an X-ray that proved DNA molecules were helical.
“If you look and read history carefully, you’ll always find women’s names behind everything,” said Barbara Keremedjiev, who founded and runs the American Computer Museum http://www.compustory.com/ in Bozeman with her husband, George.
A new permanent exhibit at the museum, “From Astronomy to Zoology: 1,500 years of Women in Science and Technology,” aims to raise awareness of women like Bourgeois, Lovelace and Franklin and inspire people n especially young girls - to be scientists.
By AMANDA RICKER Chronicle Staff Writer
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