Programming on the Univac 1: a womans account

Although womenʹs role in the computer field has been fairly well documented, their role in the programming arena has not. The authorʹs account of her programming experience on the Universal Automatic Computer (Univac 1), for the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation reveals much about the early workplace conditions - namely, a workplace surprisingly free of restrictions in an era when most married women with children did not work outside of the home.