What: Public Talk: Computers Once Were Women - Why Did this Change?
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
When: Friday, March 7, 2008, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Through the 1940s, the term "computer" referred to people, often young women, who labored over lengthy hand computations. Throughout the early years of computing history, women played a prominent role, but in recent years the field has become increasingly male-dominated. The Charles Babbage Institute sheds some light on these changes.

Part of First Fridays, a series of intellectually stimulating talks at Elmer L. Andersen Library.