Women Who Wired the World
She’s known as the first computer programmer for her work on the Analytical Engine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This wearable tracks your steps, heart rate, and sleep.
What is a Fitbit?
This term refers to a flaw or error in a software program.
What is a bug?
This 2016 film highlighted the contributions of Black women at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?
This Milwaukee-based tech training program empowers adults, with coding, leadership, and business skills through a 4-month immersive experience.
What is i.c.stars Milwaukee?
This Navy rear admiral developed the first compiler and helped popularize the term "debugging." She also co-developed the programming language COBOL.
Who is Grace Hopper?
This app helps users learn new languages through gamified lessons.
What is Duolingo?
HTML stands for this.
What is HyperText Markup Language?
This 1999 film features a female hacker named Trinity
What is The Matrix?
This nonprofit organization supports women and girls in tech across Wisconsin through programs from the classroom to the boardroom.
What is Women in Technology, Wisconsin?
She was a key figure in developing the Apollo space program’s onboard software.
Who is Margaret Hamilton?
This voice assistant can control smart home devices and answer questions.
What is Alexa?
A type of attack where data is encrypted until a ransom is paid.
What is ransomware?
Pixar film featuring a female robotics prodigy.
What is Big Hero 6?
This annual Milwaukee event, launched in 2018, brings together thousands of tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors during the world’s largest music festival.
What is Summerfest Tech?
She was a pioneer in human-computer interaction and developed the concept of hypertext.
Who is Mary Lee Berners-Lee?
This app allows users to create and share short-form videos, often set to music.
What is TikTok?
This type of software is freely available and can be modified by anyone.
What is open-source software?
This immersive tech is now used for concerts, fashion shows, and film premieres, allowing fans to attend virtually.
What is virtual reality (VR)?
Celebrated each October, this month-long initiative highlights innovation, entrepreneurship, and diversity in Wisconsin’s tech ecosystem.
What is Wisconsin Tech Month?
She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the U.S.
Who is Sister Mary Kenneth Keller?
This app, co-founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd, empowers women to make the first move.
What is Bumble?
This term describes the practice of automating the deployment and scaling of applications.
What is DevOps?
This type of artificial intelligence, capable of generating text, images, music, and even code, has become a major force in pop culture and productivity tools
What is generative AI?
Microsoft’s total investment in Wisconsin reached this amount after announcing a second data center in 2025.
What is $7 billion?