,MARLYN ,WESCOFF  BORN ,MARLYN ,WESCOFF
"<#AIBB  #D ,DECEMBER #BJJH">1 LATER
,MELTZER  WAS AN ,AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN
AND ONE OF THE SIX ORIGINAL PROGRAMMERS
OF ,,ENIAC4
,LIFE
,WESCOFF GRADUATED FROM ,TEMPLE
,UNIVERSITY IN #AIDB WITH A MATHEMATICS
DEGREE AND1 LIKE THE OTHERS1 WENT TO
WORK COMPUTING FOR THE ,ARMY  WEATHER
CALCULATIONS UNDER ,JOHN ,MAUCHLY'S
GROUP AT FIRST1 THEN ARTILLERY FIRING
TABLES  IN ,PHILADELPHIA4 ,SHE
VOLUNTEERED FOR THE SECRET MACHINE
PROJECT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE ,,ENIAC1
WORKING ON ITS LEFT-SIDE DIGIT TRAYS AND
THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BECOME ITS PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATION4
,,ENIAC AND AFTER
,WESCOFF'S SPECIALTY WAS THE MACHINE'S
TRICKIEST PHYSICAL DOMAIN3 THE PANELS
THAT HAD TO BE CABLED JUST SO FOR A
TRAJECTORY TO RUN4 ,SHE MARRIED ,PHILIP
,MELTZER IN ,FEBRUARY #AIDG AND LEFT THE
PROJECT BEFORE ,,ENIAC'S RELOCATION TO
THE ,ABERDEEN ,PROVING ,GROUND  AT A
TIME WHEN MARRIAGE GENERALLY ENDED A
WOMAN'S TECHNICAL CAREER BY CUSTOM IF
NOT BY RULE4
,HER SECOND CAREER WAS UNCOMMONLY
DRAMATIC3 DECADES LATER1 IN HER
SEVENTIES1 SHE ENTERED RABBINICAL SCHOOL
AND WAS ORDAINED A ,REFORM RABBI IN HER
LATE SEVENTIES "<;C4 #BJJA">  AMONG THE
OLDEST PEOPLE EVER ORDAINED4 ,SHE DIED
IN #BJJH4
,LEGACY
- ,INDUCTED INTO THE ,WOMEN IN
,TECHNOLOGY ,INTERNATIONAL ,HALL OF
,FAME "<#AIIG"> WITH THE OTHER FIVE
,,ENIAC PROGRAMMERS4 - ,HER LIFE READS
AS TWO COMPLETE STORIES  FOUNDING
PROGRAMMER1 THEN RABBI  JOINED BY THE
FACT THAT ALMOST NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THE
FIRST UNTIL HER LAST DECADE4
,SEE ALSO
- ,THE FIRST PROGRAMMERS - ,HISTORY OF
,PROGRAMMING
,REFERENCES
#A4 ,KLEIMAN1 ,KATHY4 ,PROVING ,GROUND3
,THE ,UNTOLD ,STORY OF THE ,SIX ,WOMEN
,WHO ,PROGRAMMED THE ,WORLD'S ,FIRST
,MODERN ,COMPUTER "<,GRAND ,CENTRAL1
#BJBB">4 #B4 ,HAIGH1 ,THOMAS1 ,MARK
,PRIESTLEY1 AND ,CRISPIN ,ROPE4 ,,ENIAC
IN ,ACTION3 ,MAKING AND ,REMAKING THE
,MODERN ,COMPUTER "<,,MIT ,PRESS1
#BJAF">4 #C4 ,EVANS1 ,CLAIRE ;,L4 ,BROAD
,BAND3 ,THE ,UNTOLD ,STORY OF THE ,WOMEN
,WHO ,MADE THE ,INTERNET "<,PORTFOLIO1
#BJAH">4 #D4 ,HONEYWELL ;V4 ,SPERRY
,RAND1 #AHJ ,U4,S4,P4,Q4 #FGC "<;,D4
,MINN4 #AIGC">  THE ,,ENIAC PATENT
TRIAL4