News Summary

• As Director of the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, Margaret Hamilton was responsible for the software for the Apollo program.
• Her likeness eventually found its way to classroom posters and even an official LEGO figure.
• Some have called her a feminist icon, blazing a trail for girls and women.
• Nowadays it’s hard to imagine that ‘programmer’ could be considered a lowly job title, especially on something as mission-critical as bringing people safely to the freakin’ moon and back.