"The Computer Girls," a 1967 Cosmopolitan piece about a weird new field, programming, that was dominated by women.
Previously: Miniskirts and Mainframes.
[via Clive Thompson]
"The Computer Girls," 1967 Cosmopolitan magazine article on women working with technology
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