The Good Stuff | The First Computers Were Human (and Mostly Women) @TheGoodStuff | Uploaded June 2017 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
Jean Jennings Bartik was one of six human computers that programmed the first digital computer. But you've probably never heard of her.

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References:
zuse-z1.zib.de/simulations/eniac/history.html
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Bartik.html
computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bartik
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer
npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding
usnews.com/news/data-mine/articles/2016-10-20/study-computer-science-gender-gap-widens-despite-increase-in-jobs
nytimes.com/2011/04/08/business/08bartik.html
washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gender-gap-in-computer-science-is-hurting-us-businesses/2016/12/27/fa4f6680-c247-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html?utm_term=.cd80d8efa4b5
computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
youtube.com/watch?v=aPweFhhXFvY