October 13, 2020 - Ada Lovelace Day

Did you know we have an Ada Lovelace Day? It’s celebrated every year on the second Tuesday in October.

The day is dedicated to “the contributions of women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) … (Brittanica)

Let us not forget that women could not attend universities during the period when Ada lived. As a woman, Ada also had no access to the Royal Society’s library in London. Everything Ada learned and accomplished was from her drive to achieve.

What Ada accomplished in her short life of only 36 years is remarkable.

What’s even more remarkable was how she accomplished so much as a woman in the mid-1800s. Imagine if she did not have the means to pay for tutors or have received the emotional support from great friends and her husband, who supported her mathematical endeavors. What a significant loss that would have been for our world.

Let us celebrate Ada Lovelace and her remarkable achievements, as well as the many women who have contributed and continue to contribute significantly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 

“Ada was marked out not just by her intelligence, but also by her unshakeable confidence in her own abilities. It’s relatively rare in 2018 to meet a woman who knows that she’s intellectually brilliant and isn’t afraid to say so; in the first half of the 19th century, it was almost unheard of” (Crockett).

This year, Ada Lovelace Day is October 13, 2020.

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