women – Ruth Stalker-Firth

When women were computers

The first computers were women. They were actually called ‘computers’ as programming was traditionally female clerical work – lowly paid

Little did I know that my journey from secretarial training to computer scientist was the classic one women had been

In March last year (2023) my Women’s Institute (WI) group, Gothic Valley WI (GVWI), shifted our meeting online due to

***Update September 2024. After my experiences detailed below, I now offer a range of talks to give an accessible overview

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote a blog called Women in Storytelling – Star