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Catalogue Number: 041339
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2010
Running Time: 60
Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: 041339
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2010
Running Time: 60
In 1942 soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human 'computers' for the US military. Top Secret 'Rosies': The Female 'Computers' of WWII shares a story of the women and technology that helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age.
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