r/interestingasfuck Jan 30 '23

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u/DarkWolf966 Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

She was only the first of around 40-80 Supercomputer women he would hire. Said women never got any credit because the majority are remembered not individually but collectively by the moniker "Pickering's Harem". These women would work 6 day weeks earning half of what a man would've earned, calculating distances most couldn't even fathom today.

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u/encaseme Jan 30 '23

I can fathom quite a bit you know

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u/gtownjim Feb 04 '23

That's deep.