Life Before Touchscreen Phones for Ladies

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Mary Allen Wilkes
In 1961, Wilkes was placed on the team of engineers developing the LINC, which would become the first personal computer. While other parts of the LINC team put together the computer’s hardware, Wilkes designed it’s operating system and wrote the code for its software.


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“Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer,” or ENIAC for short. The machine, unveiled in 1946, was the world’s first all-electronic, programmable computer


As men went off to WWII, women began to play an integral part in programming. Here are a few programmers working diligently with the ENIAC.



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Mary Allen Wilkes
In 1961, Wilkes was placed on the team of engineers developing the LINC, which would become the first personal computer. While other parts of the LINC team put together the computer’s hardware, Wilkes designed it’s operating system and wrote the code for its software.


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