Poppy Northcutt's job title at TRW was 'computress,' a gendered term for a computer worker.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including Texas Monthly (direct quote), Wikipedia, and Space History 101, all corroborating the job title and employer.
Sources
- Inside Apollo mission control, from the eyes of the first woman on the job (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/nasa-pioneer-poppy-northcutt-role-apollo-program/ (texasmonthly.com)
- https://spacehistory101.com/downloads/interview-with-frances-poppy-northcutt-mission-control-pioneer/ (spacehistory101.com)