Jean Jennings Bartik
Subtitle: computer pioneer
By: Kim Todd
Series: Notable Missourians
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kirksville, Missouri
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781612481456; 9781612481463
Subjects: ENIAC (Computer); Juvenile literature; Computer scientists; Computer programmers; Computer industry; Women computer scientists; Women computer programmers; Biography; History
Description: "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 fields like science and mathematics, Jean became one of the world's first computer programmers. She helped program the ENIAC, the first successful stored-program computer, and had a long career in the field of computer science. Thanks to computer pioneers like Jean, today we have computers that can do almost anything."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47) and index.

Ages 10-12.

Grades 4 to 6.
Table of contents: title: Missouri farm life; title: College and war; title: A human computer; title: The first programmer; title: A career with computer; title: Computer pioneer.