Women in Computer Science: Audrey Bates and Hilary Kahn
While The University of Manchester has a proud history of computer science and engineering, you may have noticed the lack of women in this story. It's true that during the early 20th century Manchester and other European universities and colleges had very few women among their cohort of students and professors.
However, there were pioneers, like Professor Hilary Kahn. She collaborated with Tom Kilburn and worked on the Manchester MU5 computer. Before this, in the late 1940s, Manchester was home to a number of female programmers, analysts, and system administrators, often with degrees in Mathematics. Among them was Audrey Bates, a Manchester postgraduate whose thesis was supervised by Alan Turing. She would become a Mark 1 programmer at Ferranti, and continued to work as a programmer at the University of Toronto.
Today, the University is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, welcoming students and colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds. Close to a quarter of our Department's academics are women-higher than the national average for this subject area. We hope this proportion will grow as more women join us in the exciting field of computer science. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Kahn and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Bates
Women in Computer Science: Audrey Bates and Hilary Kahn
While The University of Manchester has a proud history of computer science and engineering, you may have noticed the lack of women in this story. It's true that during the early 20th century Manchester and other European universities and colleges had very few women among their cohort of students and professors.
However, there were pioneers, like Professor Hilary Kahn. She collaborated with Tom Kilburn and worked on the Manchester MU5 computer. Before this, in the late 1940s, Manchester was home to a number of female programmers, analysts, and system administrators, often with degrees in Mathematics. Among them was Audrey Bates, a Manchester postgraduate whose thesis was supervised by Alan Turing. She would become a Mark 1 programmer at Ferranti, and continued to work as a programmer at the University of Toronto.
Today, the University is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, welcoming students and colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds. Close to a quarter of our Department's academics are women-higher than the national average for this subject area. We hope this proportion will grow as more women join us in the exciting field of computer science. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Kahn and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Bates