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Re: a simple question...
by sphealey

Another simple question: of the hundred or so women who arrived at Los Alamos in 1943 with PhDs in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, how many were assigned to primary bomb research, how many to the "computer" lab (where they pulled the lever on an adding machine 12 hours/day) and how many were assigned to teach in the elementary school?

sPh

Extra bonus point: what was an unexpected outcome of relegating women with PhDs to the "computer" lab that was observed in the 1948-1963 time period?

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