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Light, Jennifer S When Computers Were Women 1999 Article AI and Computerisation, Automation Computer, Historical Context, Manual Computing, Gendered Labour, Automation, Technology, Eniac
Citation Light, Jennifer S 1999 Article Technol. Cult. Computer Historical Context Manual Computing Gendered Labour Automation Technology Eniac AI and Computerisation Automation

"When Computers Were Women"

by Light, Jennifer S (1999)

Keywords

Computer, Historical Context, Manual Computing, Gendered Labour, Automation, Technology, Eniac

Themes

AI and Computerisation, Automation

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Citation

Light, Jennifer S. “When Computers Were Women.” Technol. Cult., vol. 40, no. 3, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, pp. 455–83.

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