Celebrate Women’s History Month With These 27 Events in NYC and…

The month of March is a time of reflection, celebration, and inspiration for women+-identifying people around the country.

Core to the mission of Fullstack Academy’s Grace Hopper Program is creating a supportive and inclusive community for women+-identifying students and creating enduring diversity in tech, and the events below are a good place to start.

[Update—March 16, 2020]: With many of the below events affected by Covid-19 precautions, here are a few alternative activities to help you celebrate Women’s History Month from home.

Play “Notable Woman in Tech” Solitaire, provided free by our friend Darshan at Solitaired (who also just wrote about why hiring Grace Hopper Program alums makes sense).
Start your journey to become the next great software engineer by taking our free, self-paced Intro to Code online course.
Attend one of our online events – Get a taste of the Fullstack Academy & Grace Hopper Program community through one of the upcoming online events we’re hosting via Zoom.

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A Brief History of Women's History Month

Starting as far back as 1911 with a celebration of International Women’s Day (FYI: The 2020 theme is #EachforEqual), it wasn’t until 1987 that Congress officially declared March as Women’s History Month.

Serving as an opportunity to educate and promote equality, Women’s History Month is an important way to create opportunities for and give credit to the many women+-identifying people throughout history who have made significant achievements in their fields despite facing sexism, stereotypes, and other barriers.

In computer science alone, we have many women to thank for their contributions, including the five below:

Grace Hopper, for whom Fullstack Academy’s Grace Hopper Program is named, was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and invented one of the first linkers.
Ada Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Anita Borg combined technical expertise and fearless vision to inspire, motivate, and move women to embrace technology. She founded the online community Systers, the Grace Hopper Celebration, and the Institute for Women in Technology.
Jean Bartik was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.
Radia Perlman is known for her invention of the spanning-tree protocol, which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges.

Help commemorate women’s contributions and achievements by attending one of the upcoming Women’s History Month events in New York City and Chicago below.