{"id":21632,"date":"2023-01-31T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=223705"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:35:11","slug":"how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How six women programmed the world\u2019s first modern computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Kathy Kleiman reveals how six women helped create the world\u2019s first modern computer <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rachel Dinning\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>During the Second World War, six talented mathematicians were brought together to make history. These women had one mission: to program the world\u2019s first and only supercomputer. Speaking with Rachel Dinning, Kathy Kleiman explores the vital but overlooked role the \u201cEniac 6\u201d played in the history of computing during and after the Second World War.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-223705-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/howsixwomenprogrammedfirstcomputer-beb4dc6.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/howsixwomenprogrammedfirstcomputer-beb4dc6.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/howsixwomenprogrammedfirstcomputer-beb4dc6.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Kathy Klieman is the author of <em>Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World\u2019s First Modern Computer<\/em> (Hurst, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/proving-ground-the-untold-story-of-the-six-women-who-programmed-the-world-s-first-modern-computer-9781787388628\/9781787388628&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Proving-Ground-Untold-Programmed-Computer\/dp\/178738862X?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/proving-ground\/kathy-kleiman\/\/9781787388628?awc=3787_1675077554_67b19d933179f4157aec97ac46fceb07&amp;utm_source=323889&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=Kiesproduct+%22Google+Shopping+traffic%22&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Kathy Kleiman reveals how six women helped create the world\u2019s first modern computer <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21633,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/how-six-women-programmed-the-worlds-first-modern-computer.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Kathy Kleiman reveals how six women helped create the world\u2019s first modern computer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/21632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}