Being 50 years old, I’m now studying AI for to improve people’s lives. These women give me inspiration that it’s never late to learn or to have big dreams. Their achievements push me to continue, even in the hard days.

Yesterday’s electricity cut reminded us how we depend so much on science and tech. So why we don’t make sure everyone—men and women—can have the chance to contribute?

STEM needs many different voices, and women’s voices are necessity. Let’s keep learning from the history and build a more bright future, all together.

We all use GPS every day, but did you know a woman helped make it possible? Her name is Gladys West, and she was a mathematician who worked for the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Back then, it was super rare to see women, especially Black women in science jobs. But Gladys stood out. She created complex math models to figure out the exact shape of the Earth, which is super important for GPS to work.

For a long time, nobody really knew about her, but now she’s finally getting the recognition she deserves. She was even added to the U.S. Air Force Hall of Fame. I think it’s really inspiring that someone who didn’t get much credit at first is now seen as a tech pioneer. More people should learn about women like her who made a huge impact in science and tech.

Her most celebrated contribution is Noether's Theorem, an idea of profound beauty, elegance and power. Simply put: it shows that every continuous symmetry in the laws of nature directly implies a conservation law. The conservation of energy? It comes from symmetry in time. The conservation of linear momentum? From symmetry in space. This allowed 20th-century physics to derive fundamental conservation laws directly from the structure of its theories, making her theorem one of the most important of the century.

This theorem is not just elegant, it is fundamental. It is an essential tool in modern theoretical physics, from classical mechanics to quantum field theory. Noether inspires us not only because of her intellect, but also as a shining example of overcoming adversity. Her legacy endures and should be recognized and celebrated.

Nicknamed “Amazing Grace” for her lively, irreverent public speaking, she pushed Ada’s legacy further by letting machines, as she put it, “understand English”.
That is, by creating the first compiler in history.

Not satisfied with that breakthrough, she also co‑designed the almost immortal language COBOL, which still handles financial transactions across the globe, earning her a second nickname, “Grandma COBOL”.

Beyond her technical milestones, Hopper was an inspiring public figure who translated complex ideas into easy, interesting, and understandable stories.
Thanks to her charisma and vision, she became a key figure for women in science and, in general, the STEM field.

To have an idea of how an inspiration it was (and still is) for lots of computer scientists, especially women, every year she is honored at the “Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing” the biggest event for female technologists in the world.

Her legacy is especially relevant now since she was one of the first people to look so closely at computing. She saw the possibility that machines could also be made to do different things that we might program them to do, and this was a fundamentally different way of thinking about technology.

Her incredibly hard work shows us what a vital role women play in STEM, and her legacy continues to impact tech. The vision of Ada Lovelace was ahead of her time, and because of her, we have the incredible technology that we rely upon today.

The concept they developed became the foundation for modern wireless communication, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. These are essential tools that billions of people use every day. For many years, Lamarr’s contribution was overlooked, but in 1997, she and Antheil received the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award in recognition of their invention.

Hedy Lamarr’s life is a powerful reminder that creativity and intelligence can exist in many forms. She broke barriers not only in entertainment but also in science and engineering. Today, she is remembered not just as a movie star, but as a true pioneer in technology and an inspiration for women in STEM.