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What we should have heard before

As time goes by, and as  we research for more information, we find out  that there are many things that  people or even our teachers do not tell us that more than one person or two  were involved in important projects. Also, it is important  to mention that  winners, and men, are the writters of  our  history, and they decide  what they teach kids.  In this case , it is important  to mention  that they decide who is important for us.

Nowadays, women become as important as  men, and their actions  become more important  to show and to prove  society that many people, not just men. In this case,  it is important to accept that Grace Hopper made a change  in computer science and in our history.  I consider that   some actions  that  she lived  were not  something that she liked  or that she approved, such as the atomic bomb. 

I consider that men and women had special roles in their lives,  and when world war 2  started, these roles changes. Women had to  take men roles and to start  to be an important member of the society, not just someone who stays at home  and that is mother,  but someone who works to make this planet a better place. Obviously there were many women who were not part of this stereotype,and they  went to school,and become a more important role in this moment. That was the case of Grace Hopper, who  wa a mathematician  and at some point she became one of the most important people  in the navy and in computer science. She was not a normal woman, she got divorced and she didnt  want  kids, but   her  "kid", COBOL and UNIVAC. 

I consider that she was someone who really make a change in their life,and in the way people see women.In this case, women ere really important in   computer science  and  that nowadays  we do not think that women can be in this area,even thought that  we created some important elements  of this.We should  teach childen  not the bad things,but the good things people  created  and  their impact in nowadays life. I consider that girls should be  encourage to be part of STEAM, due to the fact that we got  some new ideas and perspectives that  might  be the change, such as  Grace Hopper was.

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