Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for ...

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women's History Month.

Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for ...

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women's History Month.

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women's History Month.

Inventing computer programming was not the first time Lovelace brought her knowledge from different areas to bear on a new subject. For example, as a young girl, she was fascinated with flying ...

She died of cancer in 1852, shortly before her 37 th birthday. Today her legacy lives on in the Ada programming language, named after her in 1979 and used by the Defense Department for decades.