Rediscovering WWII's Top-Secret Computing 'Rosies'

An anonymous reader writes "Women were recruited to do ballistics calculations and program computers during WWII. Half a century later, their work is only beginning to get recognition." Some of that recognition is in the form of a documentary film released in 2010 titled Top Secret Rosies.

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WHAT!?? SHE NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT

[nzap]

From TFA: >>"I said 'What are you talking about?' " Erickson recalled. "I'm an amateur women's historian, but I'd never heard about this"

I'm shocked and amazed, if even an amateur historian hasn't heard about this, it must be an amazing discovery

Re:Common practice

[oldhack]

I was told by an old-timer that many early programmers were females writing COBOL code. Not sure of its veracity, although COBOL's verbosity suggests it's plausible.