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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoBack then nearly all telephone operators were women. Clerical work was considered womens work. The first computers at NASA were programmed by women because typing was clerical and that was for women. A female comms officer was expected, because in real life they were already accepted in that work.
Back then nearly all telephone operators were women.
Clerical work was considered womens work.
The first computers at NASA were programmed by women because typing was clerical and that was for women.
A female comms officer was expected, because in real life they were already accepted in that work.