Here's the cite: Light, Jennifer. (1999). When Computers were Women. _Technology and Culture_, 40:3, 455-484.
ProQuest lists it as abstract only. It's available in full text from Johns Hopkins University Press' Project Muse if you're at a participating institution. (I'm not, but I have my request in with our ILL librarian.) http://muse.jhu.edu/ -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/sfrantz/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:31 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: women computers > > > I think this got started much earlier, and in Germany. Around the > turn of the century or before. But I would not be surprised that it > was used in the manhattan project. I have tried to look up references > on the web, but it is dragging this evening. Look for an article > titled "When computers were women." > -Chuck > > >As it happens, I recall that the late, great physicist Richard > >Feynman described an operation exactly like that during the > >Manhattan Project to build an atomic bomb. I believe it was his > >idea to organize women to serve collectively as a human computer > >to do the enormous number-crunching that was required. They must > >have done an excellent job, because we all know the result. > > > >-Stephen --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
