Winning World War II required an all-out effort. Thousands of women answered their country’s call to join the military, industry, and the civil service. In 1943, the Army recruited 7 women mathematicians to set up and operate the Army’s newest top-secret weapon: the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
These unsung heroes wired the electrical connections that enabled the ENIAC, the world’s first electronic, digital computer, to complete 300 calculations per second. In doing so, they built a framework for the field of computer programming. Discover how female “computers” solved complex problems, contributing to Army innovation during World War II.
Caitlin Cutrona is a museum education specialist at the National Museum of the United States Army. She holds a Master of Arts in Public History from the University of South Carolina, and, prior to her work at the Army Museum, she taught middle school social studies for two years.
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