It is important to show that women have had an essential role in the development of software, so as to stimulate women to computer science. Thus, the objective of this article is to show feminine examples in computer science, presenting pioneer women who have had an important participation in the development of computation. The relation between women and science is briefly analyzed, supplying a theoretical ground for the reasons that led us to believe that women started in the world of science only in the 20th century.
Women; Science; Computer History; Pioneers