The Untold Stories of Some Amazing Women in Computing : Smoothing the Curves: Dr Winifred Hackett, the DEUCE and passing the baton from Alexander Graham Bell to Academic Computing

Abstract

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) was formed in 1919. As it celebrates its 100th birthday, this paper looks at some of the UK women who were involved in computing from the 1950s until present day. This includes eminent woman engineers such as: Dr Winifred Hackett, who moved from practical engineering research into the computer era of the 1950s and 1960s, her connection with the DEUCE machines and how she encouraged a young woman to succeed in a growing field.