In the 1950s, women were calculating U.S. space missions, and by the 1960s they were programming mainframe computers. In honor of Womens History Month, here are some of these women and their key contributions to the field. Navy women helped sink 95 German U-boats during WWII thanks to their codebreaking efforts. In 1941, Hedy Lamarr patented her invention for radio frequency hopping’ to defeat enemy jamming signals, allowing Allied Forces to hide their torpedoes from the Nazi forces.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3613418/10-pioneering-women-in-information-security.html