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| birth_name = Elsie Goedeke |
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1928}} |
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| known_for = “The excitement of designing a system: . . . finding out what the problem is; analyzing it; designing something that will make it work; doing it; seeing it work, and having a client who is happy with it. That’s very satisfying.” - Elsie Shutt, 2001 |
| known_for = “The excitement of designing a system: . . . finding out what the problem is; analyzing it; designing something that will make it work; doing it; seeing it work, and having a client who is happy with it. That’s very satisfying.” - Elsie Shutt, 2001 |
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'''Elsie Shutt''' ([[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]] Goedeke, born 1928) is an American [[computer programmer|technology]] entrepreneur. She |
'''Elsie Shutt''' ([[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]] Goedeke, born 1928) is an American [[computer programmer|technology]] entrepreneur. She founded Computations Incorporated (CompInc.) in 1958.<ref name="oral2" /> She was among the first women to establish a software business in the [[United States]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Episode 576: When Women Stopped Coding |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809120317/https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding |archive-date=2018-08-09 |access-date=2018-08-12 |work=NPR.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Abbate2012">{{cite book |author=Janet Abbate |url=https://archive.org/details/recodinggenderwo0000abba |title=Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing |publisher=MIT Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-262-01806-7 |author-link=Janet Abbate |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janet Abbate|url=http://theweek.com/articles/442965/women-who-shaped-computer-age|title=The women who shaped the computer age|date=21 October 2014|website=Theweek.com}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Elsie Shutt was born in [[New York City]] and raised in Baltimore, [[Maryland]], [[United States|USA]]. She attended [[Eastern High School (Baltimore, Maryland)|Eastern High School]] in Baltimore and graduated from [[Goucher College]] at age 20. |
Elsie Shutt was born in [[New York City]] and raised in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], [[United States|USA]].<ref name="oral2" /> Her father died when she was four years old.<ref name="oral2" /> As a result, she was predominantly raised by her mother and her maternal grandfather with whom she and her mother lived with in Baltimore.<ref name="oral2" /> She attended [[Eastern High School (Baltimore, Maryland)|Eastern High School]] in Baltimore and graduated at the age of 16.<ref name="oral2" /> Shutt graduated from [[Goucher College]] as a math major with a minor in chemistry at the age of 20.<ref name="oral2" /> After receiving a [[Pepsi-Cola]] graduate fellowship for graduate school she covered full tuition and some living expenses, Shutt continued her math studies at [[Radcliffe College]].<ref name="oral2" /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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=== Early years === |
=== Early years === |
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Shutt learned to program on [[ENIAC]] under Dick Clippinger during a summer job at U.S. Army's [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] in Maryland.<ref name="Abbate2012" /><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html|title=The Secret History of Women in Coding|first=Clive|last=Thompson|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1953 Shutt was hired at [[Raytheon Company|Raytheon]] (an aerospace and defense manufacturing company) |
Shutt learned to program on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ([[ENIAC]]) under Dick Clippinger during a summer job at the U.S. Army's [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] in Maryland.<ref name="Abbate2012" /><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html|title=The Secret History of Women in Coding|first=Clive|last=Thompson|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1953, Shutt was hired at [[Raytheon Company|Raytheon]] (an aerospace and defense manufacturing company), where she worked on software for the Raycom computer.<ref name="Abbate2012" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2573&context=cmc_theses|date=2017|title=A New Frontier: But for Whom? An Analysis of the Micro-Computer and Women's Declining Participation in Computer Science|author=Eliana Keinan|website=Scholarship.claremont.edu|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> By 1957, Shutt was working as a freelance programmer from her home, and in 1958 she founded her company '''Computations Incorporated''<nowiki/>'. |
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=== Computations Incorporated === |
=== Computations, Incorporated (CompInc.) === |
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Elsie Shutt's founding of Computations Incorporated was |
Elsie Shutt's founding of Computations Incorporated was a development for gender equality in [[computer science]]–a historically male-dominated field. According to [[Janet Abbate]], author of ''Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing'', Shutt was among the early pioneers who showed that women could excel in programming and systems analysis while also managing family responsibilities. |
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CompInc became renowned for its high-quality software solutions, which were provided to major clients such as [[Raytheon]] and the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force.]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Recoding Gender |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262534536/recoding-gender/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=MIT Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="oral2">{{cite web |title=Oral-History:Elsie Shutt - Engineering and Technology History Wiki |url=https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Elsie_Shutt |access-date=18 February 2019 |website=Ethw.org}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |date=March 1963 |title=Mixing Math and Motherhood |journal=Business Week |pages=86–87}}</ref> Shutt led the company for more than 45 years. Preferentially hiring women with young children, Shutt worked to increase women's chances of obtaining programming employment.<ref name="Abbate20122">{{cite book |author=Janet Abbate |author-link=Janet Abbate |url=https://archive.org/details/recodinggenderwo0000abba |title=Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing |publisher=MIT Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-262-01806-7 |url-access=registration}}</ref> The company also offered additional training programs to low-experience employees.<ref name="Abbate20122" /> |
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The company utilized systems analysis and design along with programming help for primary clients |
The company utilized systems analysis and design along with programming help for primary clients.<ref name="Abbate20122" /><ref name=":22" /> Computations, Inc. also emphasized “[[Desk checking|desk-checking]]” between employees, manually reviewing each other's code. At its peak, her company entered into contracts with [[Honeywell|Minneapolis-Honeywell]],<ref name=":22" /> [[Raytheon]],<ref name=":22" /> [https://www.tidewaternews.com/2014/06/07/remembering-the-st-regis-paper-company/ St. Regis Paper Co.],<ref name=":22" /> [[Harvard University]],<ref name=":22" /> [[University of Rochester|The University of Rochester]],<ref name=":22" /> and the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name=":22" /><ref name="Friedan1998">{{cite book|author=Betty Friedan|title=It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iv4-Qy82BJ0C&pg=PA46|year=1998|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-46885-6|page=46}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Elsie Shutt | |
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| Born | Elsie Goedeke 1928 (age 95–96) |
| Education | Goucher College (B.A.) |
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| Known for | “The excitement of designing a system: . . . finding out what the problem is; analyzing it; designing something that will make it work; doing it; seeing it work, and having a client who is happy with it. That’s very satisfying.” - Elsie Shutt, 2001 |
Elsie Shutt (née Goedeke, born 1928) is an American technology entrepreneur. She founded Computations Incorporated (CompInc.) in 1958.[1] She was among the first women to establish a software business in the United States.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Elsie Shutt was born in New York City and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.[1] Her father died when she was four years old.[1] As a result, she was predominantly raised by her mother and her maternal grandfather with whom she and her mother lived with in Baltimore.[1] She attended Eastern High School in Baltimore and graduated at the age of 16.[1] Shutt graduated from Goucher College as a math major with a minor in chemistry at the age of 20.[1] After receiving a Pepsi-Cola graduate fellowship for graduate school she covered full tuition and some living expenses, Shutt continued her math studies at Radcliffe College.[1]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Shutt learned to program on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) under Dick Clippinger during a summer job at the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.[3][5] In 1953, Shutt was hired at Raytheon (an aerospace and defense manufacturing company), where she worked on software for the Raycom computer.[3][6] By 1957, Shutt was working as a freelance programmer from her home, and in 1958 she founded her company 'Computations Incorporated'.
Computations, Incorporated (CompInc.)
[edit]Elsie Shutt's founding of Computations Incorporated was a development for gender equality in computer science–a historically male-dominated field. According to Janet Abbate, author of Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing, Shutt was among the early pioneers who showed that women could excel in programming and systems analysis while also managing family responsibilities.
CompInc became renowned for its high-quality software solutions, which were provided to major clients such as Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force.[7][1][8] Shutt led the company for more than 45 years. Preferentially hiring women with young children, Shutt worked to increase women's chances of obtaining programming employment.[9] The company also offered additional training programs to low-experience employees.[9]
The company utilized systems analysis and design along with programming help for primary clients.[9][8] Computations, Inc. also emphasized “desk-checking” between employees, manually reviewing each other's code. At its peak, her company entered into contracts with Minneapolis-Honeywell,[8] Raytheon,[8] St. Regis Paper Co.,[8] Harvard University,[8] The University of Rochester,[8] and the United States Air Force.[8][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Oral-History:Elsie Shutt - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". Ethw.org. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Episode 576: When Women Stopped Coding". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ a b c Janet Abbate (2012). Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01806-7.
- ^ Janet Abbate (21 October 2014). "The women who shaped the computer age". Theweek.com.
- ^ Thompson, Clive (13 February 2019). "The Secret History of Women in Coding". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ Eliana Keinan (2017). "A New Frontier: But for Whom? An Analysis of the Micro-Computer and Women's Declining Participation in Computer Science". Scholarship.claremont.edu. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Recoding Gender". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mixing Math and Motherhood". Business Week: 86–87. March 1963.
- ^ a b c Janet Abbate (2012). Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01806-7.
- ^ Betty Friedan (1998). It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement. Harvard University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-674-46885-6.