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High School Classroom, Iowa c. 1948 (via LIFE)
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Jane Blankenship Gibson (by Smithsonian Institution)
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
“Ada Lovelace, who’s full name was Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, lived in the 19th century in London. She is known to be the first female programmer, as her notes to Babbage’s analytical engine contain what is considered the first computer program, making her a symbol for women in technology.
Please join us in honoring all women in science and technology! We also invite you to pay Finding Ada a visit, if you want to find out more about Ada Lovelace Day, or would like to contribute.”
“The caption accompanying this 1961 image reads: “Mrs. Carl Gibson who as Jane Blankenship won high science honors in school, combines her scientific work with advanced studies and homemaking.” As a student at Oak Ridge High School, Blankenship won a number of honors. While completing a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Tennessee, she worked during the summers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where her father was a physical chemist. By 1961, she had married a chemical engineer, moved to California, and was working as a spectroscopist for Lockheed Aircraft. Her photograph was used to illustrate a news story about “sex desegregation” in science and the importance of encouraging more women to become scientists if the United States was to compete effectively in the Cold War.”
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President Ford and Maiko Ichiume 1974 (by Blue Ruin1)
Ichiume was Liza Dalby’s Onesan (Older Sister) during her training as a Geiko in 1975 and features prominently in her book, “Geisha” first published in 1983, which begins with the tragic story of Ichiume’s accidental death in a fire in 1978 at just 25 years old.
On the reverse of this press photo is a newspaper clipping that reads as follows: “Presidential Snack – As a geisha girl scrutinizes his style, President Ford manipulates a shrimp with chopsticks at a festive dinner Thursday night in Kyoto, Japan. This shrimp eluded him but, overall, the president was equal to the task. Ford’s arrival in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday is described on Page 4A; pictures of his last day in Japan are on the Back Page.” The picture is labelled as an AP Photo (Associated Press Photograph). 22 Nov. 1974.
Unfortunately, this is a Wire photograph sent by facsimile, so it is not as crisp as a first generation photograph.
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