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

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) was formed in 1919. As it celebrates its 100
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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.