I think if there have been fewer women than men in computin… - Elsie Shutt

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I think if there have been fewer women than men in computing, it's because they've been discouraged back at the education level from majoring in math, or engineering, or computer science.

Elsie Shutt

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Elsie Shutt ( born 1928) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur who founded Computations Incorporated (CompInc) in 1957 when she was not permitted to work part-time at home after she became pregnant. Shutt was notably one of the first women to start a software business not only in the United States but the entire world.

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Birth Name: Elsie Goedeke

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