> "computing" was a secretaries job. Correct, that was the case with a number of the roles. Those roles were sort of like the modern day CRUD development and t

> "computing" was a secretaries job. Correct, that was the case with a number of the roles. Those roles were sort of like the modern day CRUD development and things that (mostly) get automated away. However, Grace Hopper[1], Betty Holberton[2], Frances Spence[3], along with around a half dozen of the original programmers of the ENIAC[4] would disagree that they were only filling a secretary like position. In reference to my previous comment, I mostly found it surprising that these pioneers didn't lead to more women pursuing CS early on. I suppose it has more to do with the cultural trends that came after the war as you said yourself. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Holberton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Holberton [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Spence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Spence [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC