One of the best bits of documentary filmmaking you'll ever see, and quite a story too

The Queen Of Code | FiveThirtyEight

"As a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hopper worked on the first computer, the Harvard Mark 1. And she headed the team that created the first compiler, which led to the creation of COBOL, a programming language that by the year 2000 accounted for 70 percent of all actively used code. Passing away in 1992, she left behind an inimitable legacy as a brilliant programmer and pioneering woman in male-dominated fields."

Runs 15 or 16 minutes, and worth it.