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"It's also why Catholic nuns were over-represented in early computing." Would you mind expanding on that?
by ruricolist 7y ago
"It's also why Catholic nuns were over-represented in early computing."
Would you mind expanding on that?
- reaperducer 7y agoHighly educated, and able to type. The first woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science was a nun in Ohio. Catholic nuns have done much for the business world that is overlooked. From memory, so no citations: The first female CEOs were Catholic nuns — in the early 1900's, a time when women in the American workplace was uncommon, Catholic nuns founded over 800 hospitals in the United States. They also ran schools, colleges, and universities. The concept of just-in-time delivery was invented by nuns running those hospitals. The first health insurance company was founded in Missouri by nuns to care for railroad workers. There are others. I once ran across a list of them on the intarwebs, but these are the ones that stuck with me.
- yesenadam 7y agoFascinating, thanks. This all makes Sister Celine's contribution less surprising. I came across her in the classic A=B "about identities in general, and hypergeometric identities in particular, with emphasis on computer methods of discovery and proof." An amazing and wonderfully-written book. https://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf/AeqB.html https://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf/AeqB.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SisterCelinesMethod.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SisterCelinesMethod.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celine_Fasenmyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celine_Fasenmyer