@watsonlv @historydefined The programmers of the earliest computers were all women! For decades it was seen that building a computer was the "real" work and programming / maintaining it just an afterthought, so they assigned the latter to women - who designed some of the most fundamental programming concepts today. But at formal events they were still expected to serve drinks and be eye candy for the men, and called "refrigerator ladies" (aka appliance models).

Read their histories, it's neat!