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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
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
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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.