It may not have been only women, but > In 1935, the first group of female human computers were hired. Before electronic computers, all mathematical equations a

It may not have been only women, but > In 1935, the first group of female human computers were hired. Before electronic computers, all mathematical equations and computations would be done by hand by people, often known as human computers. With the advent of World War II, many male employees at NACA left to fight overseas. More and more women were needed to fill their roles, and soon African American women were hired to help with the shortfall. > These African American women were sent to a segregated computing section known as the West Area Computing Unit, which was the center of the 2016 movie Hidden Figures. In April 1942, a memo was passed around stating that, “The engineers admit themselves that the girl computers do the work more rapidly and accurately than they could.” The women computers were becoming increasingly more valuable and doing incredible work along the way. https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/women-nasa https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/women-nasa