Top Secret Rosies: The Female ‘Computers’ of WWII
In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told.
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Genre: Documentary, War
Director: LeAnn Erickson
Actors: Doris Polsky, Jean Jennings Bartik, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Melvin
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