It’s International Women’s Day, so let’s celebrate some incredible women.
Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron (only the hottest Romantic poet ever), is credited with writing the first computer program.
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Hedy Lamarr, iconic Hollywood actress, also invented a frequency hopping device that prevented radio-controlled torpedoes from jamming.
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Fe del Mundo, Harvard Medical School's first female student, was admitted because she was brilliant...and because they didn't realize she was a woman.
Del Mundo founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines. She attended nine years before enrollment was opened to women. A whoops for Harvard was a win for humanity.
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The Dahomey Amazons were an all-female army that fought for the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) for almost 200 years.
They kicked ass and took names...or heads. Whatever.
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