Les Femmes Qui Ont Fait les Maths Qui Font Voler les Avions
The Women Who Did the Math That Made Planes Fly
Avant les machines numériques, des femmes appelées calculateurs faisaient les mathématiques qui rendaient possible la construction de nouveaux avions. Leur travail au crayon est caché dans des archives, leurs noms absents des plans.
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human computers
women in aviation
manual math
segregation and sexism
hidden labor
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