Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Science
From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early 1900s, computing joined teaching and nursing as one of the few careers open to college-educated women, and it opened doors that few other professions could
by Diana Turnbow
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@gutenberg_org Yet again we have men achieving on the backs of women who did all the fundamental tasks but rarely received the recognition.
@gutenberg_org lol - wonder who the photographer was, they all seem to be scowling at them. They are not impressed.