Well, any history book should do. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing Women were litterally

Well, any history book should do. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing Women were litterally employed as computers ca. WWII. When the transition was made to programmable machines, they were in majority the first ones to use, operate, program and design algorithms for them. The field was regarded as uninteresting, tedious, and not real engineering by their male counterparts.