Top secret Rosies the female computers of World War II
(2010)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS : Made available through hoopla, 2010
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file (ca. 60 min.)) : sd., col
ISBN/ISSN
MWT11168999, 11168999
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Directed by Leann Erickson
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
Documentary subjects: Jean Jennings Bartik, Joe Chapline, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Blumberg Melvin, James 'Doug' Mickle, Doris Blumberg Polsky, Edward Sage
Rated PG
Mode of access: World Wide Web