Ada Lovelace
In Code Like A Girl. More on Medium.
It’s Ada Lovelace Day! Ada Lovelace’s contribution to technical science has had such a profound impact on computer advancement that we’re still benefiting from her creation of the very first computer code.
In fact, you can thank Ada for being able to read this blog post right now.
Aside from her code and entrepreneurial insight into the future use of computers, Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, also left behind a powerful message to women — a message of inequality, injustice and deceit.
Ada was the only legitimate daughter of the famous English poet, Lord Byron. Worried that Ada would inherit her father’s erratic and flamboyant tendencies, her mother ensured that Ada was tutored in more practical subjects, specifically Math and Sciences, subjects in which Lady Byron herself was well skilled.
When she was only 17, Ada had the chance to meet Charles Babbage at a party and…
Escrito por She Does Digital y traducido por Natalia Fernández Pintos para Code Like A Girl. Versión original en inglés aquí
El pasado, 10 de Octubre, se celebró el día de Ada Lovelace — un día designado para resaltar modelos femeninos a seguir en STEM (Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas por sus siglas en inglés). La falta de modelos femeninos a seguir puede ser una razón por la cual comparativamente pocas mujeres, aunque tienen éxito en estas asignaturas en el colegio, siguen estudiándolas en la universidad y las usan en sus carreras profesionales.
Este es un problema muy complejo que…
Today, the 10th October is Ada Lovelace day — a day designed to highlight female role models in STEM fields. Lack of visible role models may be one reason why comparatively few women who do well in these subjects at school go on to study them at university and use them in their careers.
This is a very complex issue with no single, easy solution, but on Ada Lovelace day, the organisers hope we will “shine a light on the women in STEM that we admire” and tell others about the amazing work being done by women.
I want to…
