Jean Jennings Bartik [electronic resource] : computer pioneer / Kim Todd.

"As a young girl in the 1930s, Jean Bartik dreamed of adventures in the world beyond her family's farm in northwestern Missouri. After college, she had her chance when she was hired by the US Army to work on a secret project. At a time when many people thought women could not work in technical field...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Todd, Kim D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2015]
Series:Notable Missourians
Subjects:
Bartik, Jean > Juvenile literature.
Women computer scientists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Computer scientists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women computer programmers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Computer programmers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
ENIAC (Computer) > History > Juvenile literature.
Computer industry > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO)
eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost): 2015 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Jean Jennings Bartik: Computer Pioneer
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Missouri farm life
  • College and war
  • A human computer
  • The first programmer
  • A career with computer
  • Computer pioneer.