Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II
In 1942, a secret US military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort—female mathematicians who would become human “computers” for the army. The Rosies in the factories made the weapons; the computers made them accurate. Seen on PBS, this documentary follows four very different women as they labor night and day on Allied bomb and bullet more deadly.
In 1942, a secret US military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort—female mathematicians who would become human “computers” for the army. The Rosies in the factories made the weapons; the computers made them accurate. Seen on PBS, this documentary follows four very different women as they labor night and day on Allied bomb and bullet more deadly. 60 min, 1 DVD.
