ENIAC PROGRAMMERS PROJECT

01/09/2023

Congrats founder Kathy Kleiman on her interview with Alan Alda on his podcast Clear+Vivid. A far-reaching discussion of inspirational women missing from history! A great way to start 2023!

Built during WWII, the world’s first electronic computer, the ENIAC, was an engineering marvel. But at 80 ft long and 6 ft tall it was mute until it was brought to life by six young women mathematicians who figured out how to program it.

10/25/2022

If you are in the Washington DC area, please join founder Kathy Kleiman for her Book Talk on "Proving Ground" and the inspiring story of the ENIAC Programmers! American Univ Washington College of Law, Wed, 10/26, 5-6pm, Yuma YT16. Event is free, please register, https://tinyurl.com/mwsxz8n6

08/01/2022

Great interview last night by EPP Founder Kathy Kleiman with Susan Swain on C-SPAN Q&A. Tremendous discussion of "Proving Ground" and full arc of ENIAC Programmers story during and just after WWII. Innovation, women, programming! Link now posted -

Kathy Kleiman, the author of [Proving Ground] and an expert on internet governance at American University College of Law, talked about the six American women who programmed the ENIAC, the world's first general purpose electronic computer.

08/01/2022

Daily Herald likes "Proving Ground" about the ENIAC Programmers and their pioneering programming story! Tx Chicago!

When the world's first general-purpose, programmable, electronic computer, known as ENIAC, debuted in 1946, great fanfare was given to the men who created it. But little attention was given to six women who played big parts behind the scenes. In "Proving Ground," author Kathy Kleiman aims to rectify...

07/29/2022

In the DC/Northern VA area? Join us for EPP founder Kathy Kleiman's book launch of "Proving Ground" at 1pm Saturday! Kathy will share her story of finding the ENIAC Programmers and learning their incredible pioneering programming work. The first modern computing teams had both men and women - spread the word! Tx Barnes & Noble Seven Corners & Grand Central Publishing!

07/27/2022

ENIAC Programmers Project Founder Kathy Kleiman’s book "Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer" just published!!

As shared on Grand Central Publishing's "Proving Ground" page:
After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer–better known as the ENIAC.

Over the course of a decade, Kathy met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work. PROVING GROUND restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and PROVING GROUND is the celebration they deserve.

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