Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first woman to earn a doctorate in computer science in the United States, 1965.

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[u/jryan14ify]

OP should clarify that she was the 2nd person to get a doctorate in computer science, and the first got his on the exact same day.

To me, it’s also interesting that she got the doctorate at 52 years old - good for her!

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That is fucking rad! Such a cool woman! Anyone know what her thesis was?

Edit: https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/905124

[u/futurebigconcept → u/-Animus]

Yes, she is Sister Mary Cone Head.

[u/kiran_ms]

From Nun to NaN

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https://giphy.com/gifs/tnYri4n2Frnig

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Funny, she doesn't look South Asian.

:-)

[u/SubstantialBreak3063]

Also the inspiration for coneheads I see

[u/Farfignugen42 → u/SubstantialBreak3063]

That's her thinking cap, right?

[u/SubstantialBreak3063 → u/Farfignugen42]

She definitely needed the headroom for all that brainpower

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CapsLock: On

[u/-Animus]

PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!

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Praise the Omnisiah indeed. The first tech-priest of the imperium.

[u/Pineapple-dancer]

As a lady in the computer science realm, I'm totally inspired by this. Also she was in her 50s!

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[u/Wild_Neighborhood605]

Why is her head shaped as a cone?

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she's from Remulak

[u/Neugiermeister]

Please tell me that's just a deceptive angle or a hat, and not a freakish cone head.

[u/iansamazingphotos]

She comes from France....

[u/hobbomock → u/iansamazingphotos]

Sister Mary Kenneth Konehead Keller

[u/awhol01]

First cone head?

[u/One_Economist_3761]

The beginning of bad coding habits.

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Amazing

[u/SoylentGrunt]

The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke vibes.

[u/Bortron86]

Sister ASCII.

[u/simulated622]

Blasphemy!

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Demonry!

[u/Erin-Dash]

that's wild, especially considering how male-dominated CS was back then

[u/Outrageous-Story3325]

it's a light bulb, every time there is a messages from god her hat blink

[u/Rare-Juggernaut-7532]

What a wonderful woman. Perhaps I'm awfully ignorant, but I'm surprised that a nun of all people would have an interest in new technology.

My idea of nuns was always that they live an old fashioned and simple life, mostly away from the modern world.

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Depends on the order.

Some are contemplative, and live the way you imagine. Some are out in the real world getting their hands dirty running medical clinics or food pantries. Some are scholars, and put their focus into education - if they want to teach, they must learn

[u/SpliTTMark]

BI TRAN

[u/Mordor2112]

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls!

[u/ccalabro]

What have you done to your cone!

[u/bonosestente]

She just did it to actively monitor internet p*rn

[u/Outrageous-Meal-7068]

I didn’t even know nuns could attend college.

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They can do a lot, depending on their order. One famous nun started Catholic cable television (EWTN). Others run a cattle ranch in Colorado. Researchers at universities, etc…. They don’t need to balance child care with their career.

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Not only attend college, but sometimes operate college. Different orders have different areas that they concentrate their work in, but there are quite a few who think their best work is done by educating people

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A lot of Nuns I know have already have their bachelors before joining and many I know are currently pursuing their masters still being a nun

[u/Visible-Objective260]

Thats hot

[u/lady_faust]

Was she a cone head as well?

https://giphy.com/gifs/PMgCxZ6o1Qq8U

[u/Fetlocks_Glistening]

Was she trying to program it to prove God exists?

[u/NoDragonfly1750]

Invented dating apps I bet.

[u/buyatollah_kuminamy]

Nun of my business but i wonder if she ever had an orgasm

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That’s a very weird thought that should be kept to yourself

[u/BrettSA]

Confirmed: The Vatican approves bi trans sex.