In addition to Grace Hopper, three other people helped invent COBOL: Mary K. Hawes, Jean Sammet, and Saul Gorn.

And yes, COBOL was mostly created by women.

One major reason for this is that, in the 1950s, women were the pioneers of computing.

This is why, when you watch sci-fi shows of the era, it’s mostly women in charge of computers and comms. For example, Lt. Uhura in Star Trek had the role of comms officer.

I don’t know when computing became a male-oriented profession, but it’s interesting to me.