Everyone knows that during World War II, women took over many jobs performed by men so the men could serve in the military. The result? "Rosie the Riveter" et al. This posting on Boing Boing, however, reveals the women who worked as top secret human "computers" for the military, performing the complicated mathmatical calculations necessary to create ballistics tables for weapons. Several eventually helped program the first vacuum tube computer.
Top Secret Rosies Trailer from LeAnn Erickson on Vimeo.
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