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Winifred Asprey

Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2007)

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Born
April 8, 1917
Died
October 19, 2007
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Winifred Asprey

Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of women's underrepresentation in mathematics at this level. She was involved in developing the close contact between Vassar College and IBM that led to the establishment of the first computer science lab at Vassar. As a student there, Asprey met Grace Hopper, the "First Lady of Computing," who taught mathematics at the time. Asprey became interested in computing and visited Hopper to learn about the foundations of computer architecture.

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The world when Winifred Asprey was born

Winifred Asprey was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Winifred Asprey's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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