<![CDATA[Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women.]]>Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Science

From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early 1900s, computing joined teaching and nursing as one of the few careers open to college-educated women, and it opened doors that few other professions could

by Diana Turnbow

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/06/before-computers-were-machines-they-were-womenhere-are-six-places-where-human-computers-built-modern-science/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/81cd2c57-f385-49ac-b51f-65ac8b005bbd/before-computers-were-machines-they-were-women.RSS for NodeTue, 28 Apr 2026 07:44:58 GMTSat, 18 Apr 2026 08:52:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:09:00 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org

Oh but remember, as any tech/maga bro will be happy to tell you, "women aren't good at math"...

Mmmmmhmmm...keep talking, *bro*, keep diggin that hole...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116427282228877410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116427282228877410Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:09:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:04:15 GMT]]>@Stone1glo take a look here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75107

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/116427027616903871https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/116427027616903871Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:04:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:28:01 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org

How did the Babbage computer work? Was that code I guess?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/Stone1glo/statuses/116426413293046442https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/Stone1glo/statuses/116426413293046442Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:28:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:07:34 GMT]]>@svavar @gutenberg_org Well yes. Like missing out on a female Gauss, and on a female Einstein

https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/02/22/sophie-germain-gauss/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/the-female-mathematician-who-changed-the-course-of-physics-but-couldnt-get-a-job/

> At one meeting of the faculty senate, frustrated again in his attempts to get Noether a job, he [David Hilbert] famously remarked, “I do not see that the sex of a candidate is an argument against her admission as Privatdozent. After all, we are a university, not a bathing establishment.”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116425860988657336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116425860988657336Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:07:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:06:42 GMT]]>@joergba
Sehr unwahrscheinlich. LLMs können sich nicht selber bauen. Wenn wir Computing an LLMs auslagern, dann stagniert bestenfalls die Entwicklung. Ich seh dann aber eher alles so lange laufen, bis was kaputt ist und kein LLM es reparieren kann, weil die Menschen den Skill nicht mehr haben. Dann haben wir einfach gar keine Computer mehr, bis jemand das wieder "Erfindet".

Bevor es dazu kommt, platzt die Marketingblase, "KI" wird dann so alltäglich werden wie Blockchain oder NFT-Bildchen und die Investoren jagen den nächsten Hype hinterher auf der Jagt nach 15+% Return on Investment.
@gutenberg_org

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/momo/statuses/116425621683542121https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/momo/statuses/116425621683542121Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:06:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:54:13 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org

Confirming my long-held belief that women are the brains in this whole operation and discrimination against them makes us all poorer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116425572576978439https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116425572576978439Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:54:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:53:20 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org lol - wonder who the photographer was, they all seem to be scowling at them. They are not impressed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116425569079594323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116425569079594323Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:53:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:48:35 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org Yet again we have men achieving on the backs of women who did all the fundamental tasks but rarely received the recognition.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116280604530938388/statuses/116425550424650459https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116280604530938388/statuses/116425550424650459Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:48:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:48:54 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org Und zukünftig werden wieder Humanoide als Computer Arbeiten , Menschenähnliche KI Roboter.

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