AUGMENTING HUMAN POTENTIAL

These are women whose inventions, research and/or processes have created ways for human beings to function at greater capacity. This category was inspired by the work of the famous inventor Douglas C. Engelbart who wrote about “the co-evolution of human and tool systems” and “augmenting intelligence.” Developments in technology, psychology, learning and culture work together to improve the planet, with technology augmenting (rather than replacing) human capability. Thus, in this category we include leaps in technology (e.g., computers, apps), in psychology (e.g., understanding that well-being occurs within a family/community system, not just an individual).

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AUGMENTING HUMAN POTENTIAL
1842- Ada Lovelace
1942- Margaret Mead
1944- Bletchley Park Women's Team
1952- Grace Murray Hopper
1962- Virginia Satir
1967- Erna Schneider Hoover
1970s- Anna Halprin
1973- Judith Estrin
1973- Adele Goldberg
1987- Lucy Suchman
1980s- Angeles Arrien
1980s - Joanna Macy
1991- Joy Mountford
1980s- Gopika Kannan
2007- Claudia Welss
2011- Jane McGonigal
1946 - ENIAC Programmers
1926 - Mary Parker Follett
1793 - Catharine Greene
1971 - Margaret Hamilton
ACTIVISM FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP
DISCOVERING SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
GIVING VOICE
MEDICAL SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHS
PEACE ACTIVISM
PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS
PROTECTING THE EARTH
TRANSFORMING THE ARTS
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