The image is a painting titled “Woman at a window, Mechelen, 1816” by the Belgian artist Frans Vervloet. Superimposed is the text “1816: Woman Operates Windows.”

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    1 month ago

    The first computers were mostly women so… (originally being a computer was a profession which basically meant being paid to do calculations.)

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        1 month ago

        That is true. Lovelace and Margaret Hamilton are both great women in computing. Arguably up there with babage and turing but not nearly as well known.