Data entry

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Date
1965 ca.
Credit Line
Courtesy of the IBM Corporate Archive
Copyright Owner
© International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Keywords
Data management; Unit record equipment; Women in computing; Electronic data processing--History
Object ID
102645469

Punching data into cards was considered clerical or secretarial job—which in those days was considered “women’s work.” So, most keypunch operators were women.