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Erna Schneider Hoover
Dr. Erna Schneider Hoover (born June 19, 1926) is an American mathematician notable for inventing a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication" according to several reports. It prevented system overloads by monitoring call center traffic and prioritizing tasks〔 on phone switching systems to enable more robust service during peak calling times.〔 At Bell Laboratories where she worked for over 32 years, Hoover was described as an important pioneer for women in the field of computer technology. She was awarded one of the first patents for computer software.〔 She was elected as a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2008.〔
==Early life==
Hoover was born on June 19, 1926〔 in Irvington, New Jersey.〔 Her family lived in South Orange, New Jersey and her father was a dentist and her mother was a teacher.〔 She had a younger brother who died from polio at the age of five.〔 She loved swimming, sailing, canoeing, and was interested in science at an early age.〔 According to one source, she read the biography of Marie Curie which suggested to her that she could succeed in a scientific field despite the prevailing ideas about gender roles at the time.〔 Hoover attended Wellesley College where she studied classical and medieval philosophy and history.〔〔〔 She graduated from Wellesley in 1948 with honors, earning a bachelor's degree, and she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was honored as a ''Durant Scholar.''〔 She received a Ph.D. degree from Yale University in philosophy and foundations of mathematics in 1951.〔〔
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