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Admirable Women
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Beatrice “Trixie” Worsley: Canada’s 1st female computer scientist & 1st woman in the world to earn a PhD in #ComputerScience, Cambridge 1952. Wrote the 1st program on EDSAC & co-developed Transcode (early compiler) opening computer access to scientists across Canada. Born #OTD in 1921. #WomenInSTEM

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Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, became the first Canadian institution to admit female students in 1872, and awarded The British Empire's first Bachelor's degree to a woman (i.e. Gracie Annie Lockhart) in 1875. Gradually, bans on female students were ended, and progress occurred.

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