MARGARET HAMILTON

CREATIVITY

• Invented software engineering
• No classes for it in the ‘60s
• Created software to detect system errors on Apollo 11

LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS

• Was a working mother
• Wanted to go back to school, but got a job so her husband could study at Harvard
• Brought her daughter to her office on weekends and evenings

TRUTH

• Woman in engineering in the 60’s and 70’s
• Wanted to install a fail-safe but NASA said it wasn’t necessary
• Had to save Apollo 8 when systems failed
• Helped fix system errors due to over-computations during flight on Apollo 11

MAGGIE HAMILTON NEXT TO THE CODE SHE HELPED WRITE