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  2. Annie Londonderry - Wikipedia

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    Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), [1] known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world. After having completed her travel, albeit mostly by ship, she built a media career around engagement with popular conception of what it was ...

  3. Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

  4. Women in computing - Wikipedia

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    Ada Lovelace was the first person to publish an algorithm intended to be executed by the first modern computer, the Analytical Engine created by Charles Babbage. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer. [9] [10] [11] Lovelace was introduced to Babbage's difference engine when she was 17. [12]

  5. List of quiz arcade games - Wikipedia

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    Quiz Nanairo Dreams - Nijiirochou No Kiseki: 1996: Capcom: Quiz Olympic: 1985: Seoul Coin: Quiz Omaeni Pipon Cho! 1996: Data East: Quiz Panicuru Fantasy: 1993: NMK: Quiz Quest: Hime To Yuusha No Monogatari: 1991: Taito (of Japan) Quiz Rouka Ni Tattenasai: 1985: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (of Tokyo, Japan) Quiz Sangokushi Chiryaku No Hasha: 1991 ...

  6. Frances Allen - Wikipedia

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    Frances Elizabeth Allen (August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020) [2] [3] was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. [4] [5] [6] Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award. [7]

  7. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet made its first acquisition in March 2021, with the purchase of Slader, which offered detailed explanations of textbook concepts and practice problems, and eventually incorporated it into its paid platform, Quizlet Plus. [20] [21] [22] In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23]

  8. Bicycling and feminism - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] The book WOW—Women on Wheels by solo female cycle traveler Loretta Henderson reported a global number of 245 solo female cycle travelers. [28] Annie Londonderry is the first woman to have cycled the world as early as in 1894–95. [8]

  9. List of inventions and discoveries by women - Wikipedia

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    Azathioprine is an Immunosuppressive drug used in rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and in kidney transplants to prevent rejection first synthesized by George H. Hitchings and Gertrude B. Elion in 1957 . [3] [4] [5] AZT Flossie Wong-Staal was the first scientist to clone HIV and map its ...