Jean Bartik

Jean Jennings Bartik (left) and Frances Bilas Spence (right) were part of a team of six women who programmed the ENIAC.

Finding the forgotten women who programmed the world’s first electronic computer

March 30, 2015Technology

Six women programmed ENIAC for the United States Army during World War II, but when the computer was presented to the public, they weren’t even thanked or named. Now a lawyer and filmmaker is trying to set the historical record straight and help rediscover all of science’s forgotten female pioneers.