<div dir="ltr">Here is a Women of the ENIAC story.  I'd like to hear Thomas Haigh's response to this story, particularly re: the <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/345799830/the-forgotten-female-programmers-who-created-modern-tech" target="_blank">Walter Isaacson NPR story</a> link as compared with his <i><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/ENIAC">ENIAC in Action</a></i> book.<div><br></div><div>A reminder that Thomas gave a wonderful talk about the Women programmers of the ENIAC - and particularly about the "Other Women" who actually built the ENIAC - for the IEEE Silicon Valley History Committee in March, whose slides are <a href="http://sites.ieee.org/sv-techhist/files/2017/04/Presentation20170320-ENIAC_Haigh.pdf">here</a> and whose video is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3MXnVUbT1wSmXwaiHVmtPu6mMUMBjt-d">here</a>.<br><div><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-fillWidth gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginTop15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginBottom40" style="color:rgb(51,51,50);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);min-width:100%;width:584.8px;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:40px"><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-backgroundWhite gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-minHeight150 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-xs-minHeight0 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginBottom15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-overflowAuto gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-boxShadow" style="overflow:auto;min-height:150px;margin-bottom:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://timeline.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-then-men-took-their-industry-over-c2959b822523" style="color:rgb(51,51,50);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingTop15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingLeft15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingRight15" style="padding-top:15px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px"><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-fillWidth gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-maxHeight175 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginBottom10 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-overflowHidden" style="overflow:hidden;min-width:100%;width:554.8px;max-height:175px;margin-bottom:10px"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/t/550/175/1*O7KxGwj_oUzq8Nok__rZrA.jpeg" class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-maxFillWidth gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-maxFillHeight gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-CToWUd" style="max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%;" alt=""></div><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-bold gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-lineHeightTight gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-fontSize24" style="font-size:24px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700">Women pioneered computer programming. Then men took their industry over.</div><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginTop5 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-fontSize14 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-textGray" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(142,142,142);margin-top:5px">How “computer girls” gave way to tech bros</div></div></a><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginTop15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingLeft15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingRight15 gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-paddingBottom15" style="margin-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px"><div class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-textGray gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-marginTop10" style="color:rgb(142,142,142);margin-top:10px"><a href="https://medium.com/@baradifi?source=email-b2578a559d74-1495464222977-digest.reader" style="color:rgb(51,51,50);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><img class="gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-avatar gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-m_2451939021175537160email-avatar--micro gmail-m_-1334047712314393606gmail-CToWUd" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/100/100/0*3G4IVHAVP5CvvW8N.jpg" alt="Josh O’Connor" title="Go to the profile of Josh O’Connor" style="display: block; width: 28px; height: 28px; border-radius: 100%; background: rgb(240, 240, 240); line-height: 0; margin-right: 10px; float: left;"></a><d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