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02-09-2011, 07:18 AM
An anonymous reader writes "Women were recruited to do ballistics calculations and program computers during WWII. Half a century later, their work is only beginning to get recognition."Some of that recognition is in the form of a documentary film released in 2010 titled Top Secret Rosies.http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fs tory%2F11%2F02%2F09%2F0315217%2FRediscovering-WWIIs-Top-Secret-Computing-Rosies%3Ffrom%3Dfb) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Rediscovering+WWII's+Top-Secret+Computing+'Rosies'%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2 Fh13BVR)
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