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Jan 3, 2022 · At times in their careers they were the only women in the room. One was asked how she would manage as a single working parent while another was frequently mistaken for a junior male...
Dr Hannah Dee, a senior lecturer in computer science at Aberystwyth University, established the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 17 years ago, driven by the intimidating experience of being the only woman in the room when giving her first international computing conference presentation as a PhD student.
Dr Hannah Dee, a senior lecturer in computer science at Aberystwyth University, established the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 17 years ago, driven by the intimidating experience of being the only woman in the room when giving her first international computing conference presentation as a PhD student.
At the age of 16, Louise Davies became the first woman to join the University College of Wales in 1874 after winning an entrance exhibition. For about 3 months she was the only woman in College, until others began to join her.
Apr 26, 2024 · Prompted by Dr Dee’s experience of being “the only woman in the room” at a research conference in 2004, the conference bear’s the name of the mathematician Ada, Countess of Lovelace, who is known as the world’s first computer programmer.
When she returned home to the Caribbean she became not just the first woman to practise law there, but also the first one to prosecute a murder trial. If you’re looking for a study room in Aberystwyth University, you may find yourself in the Iris de Freitas room.
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Aberystwyth University has officially renamed a flagship building in honour of Professor Gwendolen Rees, the first Welsh woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor F. Gwendolen Rees (1906–1994) was a leading zoologist and a pioneer of parasitology at Aberystwyth.
