This was a time (there was a similar period in the U.S, but it was earlier) when the direct operation of computers was essentially secretarial work, a level mor

This was a time (there was a similar period in the U.S, but it was earlier) when the direct operation of computers was essentially secretarial work, a level more sophisticated than operating a typewriter; it was not some magical era where women were the majority of people designing and implementing computer programs at the highest levels.