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Meet the American who wrote the moon-landing software: Margaret Hamilton, computer whiz mom
The Apollo 11 moon landing was one giant leap for womankind. Credit Margaret Hamilton, a 32-year-old mother and computer whiz at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who wrote the software ...
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Cynthia Erivo says Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch in “The Wizard of Oz” was a major touchstone for her
"Margaret Hamilton was definitely a touchstone for me," she tells Entertainment Weekly. Hamilton played the Wicked Witch in the legendary 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel. Her ...
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Reflecting On Margaret Hamilton: 50 Years After Apollo 11
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, Google created a 1.4-square-mile portrait of NASA software developer Margaret Hamilton using more than 107,000 mirrors from ...
Sale of Wicked Witch's hat from 'The Wizard of Oz' sparks fraud lawsuit
A gallery at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles shows the making of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," including a publicity photo of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch. A legal ...
Obituary for Margaret “Peggy” J. Hamilton
Hamilton, of Lady Lake, FL, peacefully departed this world on January 23, 2024, at the age of 80. Born on July 21, 1943, in Shakopee, Peggy was the beloved ...