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The Women of ENIAC
Fall 1996 (vol. 18 no. 3)
pp. 13-28
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W. Barkley Fritz, "The Women of ENIAC," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 13-28, Fall, 1996.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/85.511940,
author = {W. Barkley Fritz},
title = {The Women of ENIAC},
journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
volume = {18},
number = {3},
issn = {1058-6180},
year = {1996},
pages = {13-28},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/85.511940},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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A group of young women college graduates involved with the ENIAC are identified. As a result of their education, intelligence, as well as their being at the right place and at the right time, these young women were able to perform important computer work. Many learned to use effectively "the machine that changed the world" to assist in solving some of the important scientific problems of the time. Ten of them report on their background and experiences. It is now appropriate that these women be given recognition for what they did as "pioneers" of the Age of Computing.

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Citation:
W. Barkley Fritz, "The Women of ENIAC," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 13-28, Fall 1996, doi:10.1109/85.511940
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