What Was the Role of Women in NASA's Apollo Moon Missions?

Question

I’ve been told that women were instrumental in the Apollo Moon missions organized by NASA. Is it possible for someone to provide some further information about this?

Answer 1

The Apollo Moon missions would have been impossible without the contribution of Margaret Hamilton. She was head of the development of the software for the missions at MIT, part of the team. Oh, never mind; she received a Lego post made in her honor, in addition to the US presidential medal of freedom in 2016 for her efforts.

Comments

When you said, “Margaret Hamilton,” my first thought was Almira Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz.