(¯`·._.· Mindshare LA is Proud to Present ·._.·´¯)
A Screening of Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II
...at the Downtown Independent! (251 S. Man Street, Los Angeles)
> http://mindscreen.eventbrite.com/

Sunday, January 29th Schedule

**6pm-7pm Drinks Specials | 7pm-9pm Screening & Followup Discussion**
...There will be a food cart from 5:30pm onward.
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(¯`·._.· Mindshare LA is Proud to Present ·._.·´¯)
A Screening of Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II
...at the Downtown Independent! (251 S. Man Street, Los Angeles)
> http://mindscreen.eventbrite.com/

Sunday, January 29th Schedule

**6pm-7pm Drinks Specials | 7pm-9pm Screening & Followup Discussion**
...There will be a food cart from 5:30pm onward.

(¯`·._.· About Top Secret Rosies ·._.·´¯)

In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told through LeAnn Erickson's documentary Top Secret Rosies.

The women of Top Secret Rosies were plucked from high schools and colleges to work at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1940s. They moved into dorms and apartments and went through a rigorous introduction to ballistics calculations in order to do the job. It paid well, and the women were close. They played bridge, shared dinners and danced together in the university gardens when the war in Europe ended.
Still, they struggled with the knowledge that their calculations -- so precise they measured whether an enemy soldier was standing up or lying in a trench -- were used at war.

For more information and to watch the trailer, visit
> http://http://www.topsecretrosies.com/