In this excerpt from "The Computer Boys Take Over," historian Nathan Ensmenger explains that the first computer programmers were women because managers expected programming to be low-skill clerical ...

Two women operating ENIAC U.S. Army Today, the computer programming field is dominated by men. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, for a long time, computer programming was a women’s field.

Computer programmers have transformed the way we live and advancements in technology are only set to accelerate. ... Was the world’s first computer programmer a woman? By FARID WAHAB. True Or Not ...

2. The first computer programmers: The Women of ENIAC. The idea that computation and programming was tedious women's work extended into the 20th century (right up until men found out how cool it was).

While early women programming pioneers Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper have taken their place in the annals of computer history, Kleiman shows us that there were other women programmers — like the ...

Ada Lovelace was a visionary who first recognized the potential of computer programming. Almost two centuries on, six women in computer science and technology reflect on their experiences in the ...

The contributions of these women aren’t widely known, but KATHY KLEIMAN has made it her mission to share their stories and their pioneering work in the field of computing. She founded the ENIAC ...

"Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the Worlds First Modern Computer" by by Kathy Kleiman. When the world's first general-purpose, programmable, electronic computer ...

Charlene Roberts-Hayden, pioneering Black woman in computer programming, dies at 86 ... Ms. Roberts-Hayden was proficient at a high level with the Ada computer programming language, ...

Author Kathy Kleiman chronicles the story of six nearly-forgotten women who programmed the first supercomputer in “Proving Ground.” Toggle navigation Orlando ...