In this episode Alexa tells the story of Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, BVM who is a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and one of the first women to get her Ph.D. in computer science, which was male dominated. During her life she started a small computer science program at Clarke University, and has authored 4 books with IBM. Music used in this podcast: Garrett D. Tiedemann: Parts Hopeful http://americanresiduerecords.bandcamp.com/track /parts-hopeful Curve Riders series art by Garrett Tiedemann. To listen to this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3Lc1QwqAo To read about the making of this episode: https://www.sisterstory.org/blog/making-strides- science Curve Riders is a storytelling podcast produced by Alexa Harnagel and the oral history project SisterStory about the achievements and cultural impacts of women religious. Inspired by SisterStory's coverage "Sisters of Influence" on pinterest (www.pinterest.com/sisterstory/sisters-of-influence/) the podcast

aims to present these stories anew with an emphasis on storytelling through writing, sound design, and music. SisterStory is the ongoing story of National Catholic Sisters Week aimed at broadening awareness of Catholic sisters through the collection of oral histories, social media outreach, and the creation of additional media content. For more information visit www.SisterStory.org. National Catholic Sisters Week is a celebration of the lives and legacies of Catholic sisters every year from March 8-14 in conjunction with NWHM. If you wish to participate or have events you would like to share please visit www.NationalCatholicSistersWeek.org.