African-American women in computer science

African-American women were hired as mathematicians to do technical computing needed to support aeronautical and other research.

In 1969, Clarence "Skip" Ellis became the first Black man to earn a doctorate degree in computer science.

In 1981, Deborah Washington Brown became the first Black woman to earn a doctorate degree in computer science (then part of the applied mathematics program) from Harvard University.

[5] A year later, in 1982 Marsha R. Williams[6] further integrated the field when she earned her doctorate degree in computer science.

[8] The decline in the representation of women has been attributed by some analysts to the increased marketing of personal computers and video games to boys.