“40 men” also ignores the one woman present at CP-1 going critical, Leona Woods Marshall.
The "birth" metaphors for technologies are always kind of bizarre (father of the this, mother of the that), but this headline from the 1960s takes it even further: 40 men as midwives of the atomic age!pic.twitter.com/MI0CRVvu5F
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I think once they went down the "40 men were midwives" rabbit hole, it is unsurprising that they decided to ignore the actual women involved.
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I'm a fan of present day historians & pundits misapplying the term "height of the Cold War."
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Yes!! They ALL do it! Read some history, folks. Especially if you're going to be writing about it.
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Maybe the craziest: It is true, that, I am the father, in the biological sense, that, I performed the necessary function and let nature take its course. After that, a child had to be born. It might be robust, or, it might be still born. But something had to be born... 1/2
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The process of conception was by no means a pleasure. It was filled with difficulty and anxiety for both parties. My act aroused the emotions associated with such behavior. - Edward Teller on the Hydrogen Bomb
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40 Men giving birth on a rackets court underneath the bleachers of a stadium in Chicago is just... an odd metaphor for anything.
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Rosemary's Baby comes to mind.
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