Ruth Teitelbaum
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American computer programmer and mathematician
Key facts
- Born
- Ruth Lichterman , February 1, 1924, New York City, US
- Died
- August 9, 1986 (1986-08-09) (aged 62), Dallas, Texas, US
- Alma mater
- Hunter College
- Occupation
- Computer programmer
- Employer s
- Moore School of Electrical Engineering , University of Pennsylvania
- Known for
- Programmed on the first all-electronic digital computer ( ENIAC )
- Awards
- Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Family name
- Teitelbaum
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Dallas
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Hunter College
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Image
- Ruth Teitelbaum.png
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- date of birth
- 1924-02-01
- date of death
- 1986-08-09
- married name
- Ruth Teitelbaum
- birth name
- Ruth Lichterman
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- Ruth Teitelbaum
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Encyclopedic overview
Programmers Gloria Gordon Bolotsky (crouching) and Ester Gerston (standing) wiring the right side of the ENIAC with a new program.
Ruth Teitelbaum (née Lichterman; February 1, 1924 – August 9, 1986) was an American computer programmer and mathematician who was one of the first computer programmers in the world. Teitelbaum was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.
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