Women's History Month Film Fest: Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII.

Women's History Month Film Fest:

The museum will host a film festival during the month of March featuring films depicting women's roles in the military.  All movies are free with each day's paid admission.  All movies start at 1 p.m.

March 24: Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII.

In 1942 a secret U.S. military program was launched to recruit women to the war effort. This clandestine search targeted female mathematicians who would become human 'computers' for the U.S. Army. From the bombing of Axis Europe to the assaults on Japanese strongholds, women worked around-the-clock six days a week, creating ballistics tables that proved crucial to Allies' success. When the first electronic computer (ENIAC) was developed to aid the Army's calculation efforts, six of these women were tapped to become its first programmers.