World's First Computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

View the full document here: https://docsteach.org/document/eniac-women-programmers/

Description

The world’s first electronic digital computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC), was developed for the U.S. Army Ordnance Department to compute ballistic firing tables. Designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania, it was completed in 1946. The women in the photograph were two of the six programmers.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 594262

Full Citation: 306-PSE-79-120; Photograph of World’s First Computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator; ca. 1946; Master File Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Personalities, World Events, and American Economic, Social, and Cultural Life, ca. 1953–ca. 1994; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/eniac-women-programmers/, February 23, 2026]

Rights: No Known Copyright. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.