Margaret Marrs
Senior computer operator for the first 'practical' stored program computer in the UK.
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Margaret Marrs was a senior computer operator for EDSAC, the first 'practical' stored program computer in the UK.
In this film she shares her inspirational story. Produced by Google as part of a series of short films highlighting women's involvement in the early days of computing.
“When the speaker got up and introduced himself to madam and gentlemen, I realised I was the only women in the audience”
Margaret Marrs
Teaching Point: Margaret Marrs says she thinks she was born at the right time to be a women working in the computer industry. What do you think she would have achived had she been born earlier or later in the 20th or early 21st century?
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