women’s institute – Page 2 – Ruth Stalker-Firth

Fighting, typing, and computing

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

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

In March last year (2023) my Women’s Institute (WI) group shifted our meeting online due to a tube strike, and

As a woman working in computing, I have often wondered about my place in this world and the place of