Also, if what I've read and the historical novels "Enigma" and "Cyrptonomium" are accurate, staff shortages on the "homefront" were acute, thus women were more available then men for cryptology (which is what the early computers were for). Once all the GI's got back from the War, women were displaced in many industries, and got on with the work of creating the Baby Boom. :) Andrew It was written: In the early days of computing, most programmers were women. This was not because anyone thought that women were in any way superior (don't make me laugh), but because they felt that programming was essentially a clerical task and women were suitable to being clerks. Only later was it realized that programming was hard and then they got rid of the women right damned quick. --