The First Programmers Were Female

interesting story which I didn't know. I was expecting a mention of Ada Lovelace, who as far as I know is considered the first programmer ever see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace#First_computer_pro... . Stories like this one and of Ada should be told more often - IMHO.

Note the date: 1946

The reason why there were no male programmers is that all the men were at war. It's hard for us modern people who look at highly specialized soldiers to understand exactly just how many men were involved in the World War II.

In fact, there were far more women in manufacturing and labor in that time frame, and we don't suddenly assume that demonstrates evidence for anything related to sex ratios in the workplace.