[exstudent2]

Women were not "driven out". The job requirements changed. What you're referring to as programming was more what we would call data entry now.

[DanBC]

When she does it it's data entry; when he does it it's programming?

The blatant unrepentant sexism in this thread, not just you but a bunch of other people, is disturbing.

[exstudent2]

No, the male programmers back then were doing data entry too. It mainly has to do with the transition from punch cards to digital storage. A "programmer" was someone who entered a program or data into a computer. The definition of the role changed as computers did.