Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international celebration held on the first Tuesday in October of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It is named in honour of Ada Lovelace as she is thought to be the world’s first computer programmer , an amazing achievement given that she died long ago in 1852. from Its goal is to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths," and to "create new role models for girls and women" in these fields.
The date was founded by Suw Charman-Anderson back in 2009. One of her reasons for creating this date is because she was concerned that females in the tech world were invisible. Instead of highlighting the problem, she decided that the best way to tackle this would be to highlight unseen women, shouting loud about all of the incredible things that these women have accomplished. It is not hard to see why Ada Lovelace was the obvious choice to kick things off!
There are so many books that you could use to celebrate this day! There are biographies about many female maths and technology whizzes and even more about famous female scientists. (see some suggestions here)
Start with those about Ada
Then read about Katherine Johnson and her colleagues of Hidden Figures fame.
Next do you know these mathematicians? They were trailblazers for the girls of today!
• Mary Jackson
• Ray Montague
• Emmy Noether
• Sophie Germain
• Sophie Kowalevski
• Maryam Mirzakhani
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