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I guess we'll never know the monumental contribution women made during WW2 at Bletchley. Respect.
by ENTP 10y ago
I guess we'll never know the monumental contribution women made during WW2 at Bletchley. Respect.
- AndrewOMartin 10y agoThere's plenty of work and documentation on that very subject. Here's an example link. http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/research-notes/women-codebreakers/ http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk/research-notes/women-... Also, there's a good few books about the role of women in the development of Computing in general. I've been enjoying one called Artificial Knowing by Allison Adam. Also, if you move in the right circles you might see a couple of ex-WRENS who worked with Turing and Colossus making a public appearance, they're sharing their stories of the contributions they all made.
- DanBC 10y agoHere's a BBC Radio Four programme about some women at Bletchley Park: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062ktlf http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062ktlf (I have no idea if they geo-block this, nor what the workarounds are.) Here's a bit of text to accompany that programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Q3lFn2vTv9JMgxX98bRhL/the-bletchley-girls-cracking-women http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Q3lFn2vTv9JMgxX98bR...
- hartpuff 10y agoAFAIK, BBC Radio is not blocked outside the UK, perhaps because a TV Licence is not required for radio, and/or possibly because the BBC may control more distribution rights for the content of its radio productions than its TV output. The link you posted is not blocked though, FWIW.
- johngossman 10y agoThe Bletchley Park site has a lot of good resources and exhibits. In fact, they just interviewed Jane Fawcett: https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/How_Bletchley_Park_helped_sink_The_Bismarck-932564.html https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/How_Bletchley_P...