This woman is Countess Ada of Lovelace, known more commonly as Ada Lovelace.Īda was the only legitimate daughter of the (in)famous poet Lord Byron, but his marriage to Ada’s mother Annabella Milbanke was strained Byron had an unpredictable temperament and the two split up before Ada reached toddlerhood. More importantly, she was one of the most capable, talented and visionary mathematical and technological thinkers of her time. There is, however, a unique woman, born in 1815 in London, who received opportunities many of her peers did not. Women who no doubt would have had the potential to make tremendous progress in our shared scientific knowledge never had the chance to discover their potential.
The fact that historically, women weren’t given the same opportunities as their male counterparts, especially in the sciences, is a huge factor in the absence of female role models in scientific history. The achievements of any person are often heavily dependent on the opportunities they receive, and this has been as true in the past as it is nowadays.
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