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Marie Hicks.Programmed Inequality:How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing(hardcover). Cambridge, MA:MITPress, January 2017.342 Pages. ISBN:97802620355452012年,一部名为《布莱切利四人组》(The Bletchley Circle)的BBC英剧自开播之后就广受好评。剧中虚构了二战后4名英国女性的传奇经历,她们战时曾为英国政府破译密码,在信息技术和情报收集方面拥有超强能力。