Purely History on Instagram: "In the 1960s, women played a crucial role in the Apollo missions. The onboard guidance computers that helped land astronauts on the Moon used programs stored on woven memory known as core rope memory. Women, often called “little old ladies” in reports of the time, hand-wove wires through magnetic cores to physically encode the software. If a wire passed through a core, it represented a 1, and if it bypassed, it represented a 0. This painstaking work ensured flawless

Purely History on Instagram: "In 1966, Lisa Loring played Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. She wore the classic black dress with a white collar and charmed audiences with her mix of innocence and dark humor. Loring’s portrayal became iconic, shaping Wednesday’s character in later adaptations and leaving a lasting influence on pop culture."