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Discover a fascinating look into the lives of six historic trailblazers in this World War IIera story of the American women who programmed the worlds first modern computer

After the end of World War II the race for technological supremacy sped on Topsecret research into ballistics and computing begun during the war to aid those on the front lines continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments Among them were six pioneering women tasked with figuring out how to program the worlds first generalpurpose programmable allelectronic computerbetter known as the ENIACeven though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never tolduntil now

Over the course of a decade Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their workProving Groundrestores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its farreaching consequences the story of the ENIAC Programmers groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before andProving Groundis the celebration they deserve