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In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told...
That's director & producer LeAnn Erickson's introduction to her one-hour documentary Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II. The film tells a unique story about the contributions made by a group of women mathematicians to the war effort in the early 1940's.
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The University of Arizona’s Hanson Film Institute, School of Theatre, Film and Television, Raytheon Women’s Network along with the Raytheon Engineering Directorate, and The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona present a special event screening of Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The University of Arizona Manuel Pacheco Integrated Learning Center (ILC) in Room #120. The screening is open to the public.
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