Tag: #womenshistory
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Women in Recycling
Women’s History Month A Unique Start Anna Tompkins, Commercial Director at Sims Metal, has been working in the recycling industry for 18 years. While many women entered recycling as part of a family business, Tompkin’s path is unique. She was working for an occupational health company and visited Montgomery Scrap Corp., a metal recycling yard. …
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Welcome to Women’s History Month: Women in Technology
Just as many of the early tech innovators were Black Americans, there were also many women. Women were in computing from the very beginning, doing complex math computations by hand and eventually becoming the first programmers. “Softwork,” which evolved into “software,” was considered “beneath men.” Here’s just a glimpse of some of the many contributions…