> Computing was originally seen as clerical work, Because it largely was. What people originally called "computers" were actually people doing manual calculati

> Computing was originally seen as clerical work, Because it largely was. What people originally called "computers" were actually people doing manual calculations: https://www.history.com/news/human-computers-women-at-nasa https://www.history.com/news/human-computers-women-at-nasa During the world wars in the 20th century, most of those "computers" were women since men were more directly involved in the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)#Wartime_computing_and_electronics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)#Wartime_... > As electrical computers became more available, human computers, especially women, were drafted as some of the first computer programmers.[47] Because the six people responsible for setting up problems on the ENIAC (the first general-purpose electronic digital computer built at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II) were drafted from a corps of human computers, the world's first professional computer programmers were women, namely: Kay McNulty, Betty Snyder, Marlyn Wescoff, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Jean Jennings, and Fran Bilas.[48]