Adele Goldberg
Helped invent the point-and-click computer screen we use today.
Their Story
Adele Goldberg was a computer scientist who worked at Xerox PARC, a famous research center. She helped develop Smalltalk, an early programming language, and the ideas behind graphical user interfaces with windows and icons. Her work influenced the look of modern personal computers.
Era
1900s
Field
Graphical User Interfaces
Adele Goldberg
Helped invent the point-and-click computer screen we use today.
Technology · Graphical User Interfaces · 1900s · Women in STEM
Their Story
Adele Goldberg was a computer scientist who worked at Xerox PARC, a famous research center. She helped develop Smalltalk, an early programming language, and the ideas behind graphical user interfaces with windows and icons. Her work influenced the look of modern personal computers.
Key Innovation
Helped create the graphical user interface and the Smalltalk programming language.
Why It Matters Today
The windows, icons, and clickable buttons on every computer come from ideas she helped pioneer.
Learn More
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Goldberg_(computer_scientist)
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org
