Brett Lorenzen wrote:
>
> Who said there were no women in the industry in the "old days"? ;)
>
> ------------
> The secret mission of the first computer programmers
>
> By Maria Seminerio, ZDNet
>
> BOSTON -- Four of the pioneers of computer programming were honored at a
> conference here Monday night. And, contrary to the
> boys'-only image of programming, they were all women.
>
> Jean Jennings Bartik, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff
> Meltzer and Frances "Betty" Snyder Holberton were four
> of 80 women mathematicians hired by the U.S. Army during World War II to
> take part in a top-secret project that would ultimately
> transform them into the world's first computer programmers. At the Women
> in Technology International Summit (WITI) here
> Monday night, the women were all hailed as "the digital equivalents of
> Rosie the Riveter."
>
No history of Women in Computing is complete without acknowledging the
contributions of the late Grace Hooper during her long tenure with the
Navy that started just prior to WWII and ended with her death a few
years ago.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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