You Should Meet. Women who Launched the Computer age
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True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). -- Provided by publisher.
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Great Book submitted by Lilah Stein on June 22, 2017, 5:20pm I love this book because it show that women can do the same things as men can do. I think that anyone in first grade to third grade would like it a lot.
SERIES
Green reading level.
Ready-to-read.
PUBLISHED
New York : Simon Spotlight, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: 48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781481470476
9781481470469
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Calkhoven, Laurie.
Petersen, Alyssa.
SUBJECTS
Women computer scientists -- Biography.
Computer scientists -- Biography.
Women computer programmers -- Biography.
Computer programmers -- Biography.
ENIAC (Computer) -- History.
Computer industry -- History.