Ada Lovelace Life And Accomplishments

Ada Lovelace is one of the most unsung heroes in the world of modern technology and women’s achievements. Without her, we would not have the computers and a lot of the technology we have today. Many do not know that she was the one who created the first computer program back in the 1800’s. What is even less known about her, is that she has her own holiday in her honor. She has made a huge impact for women who are working in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM. From her early educational background to her still using mathematics in her later years, Lovelace’s lifetime is an inspiration to others in her career field.

Lovelace’s life began on December 10 during the year of 1815 in London, England.
Babbage mentored her into studying advanced mathematics with Augustus de Morgan, a professor from the University of London. After watching Babbage invent things like the Difference Engine and the analytical engine, both early computers designed to perform calculations,. Later on, she was asked to translate an article from French into English by Luigi Federico Menabrea, an Italian mathematician. Lovelace interpreted the information and put in a few of her own ideas into her own article Sketch of the Analytical Machine. The article contained much of her original ideas, examples of what the machine can do, and the many calculations that the machine can work out for the user (Spicer).Signed with the initials ‘A.A. L.’ (for Augusta Ada Lovelace), the article was published during the year 1843 in an English science journal. Her notes explained how numbers and codes can control characters in the calculation. Lovelace created a theory for what is known today as ‘looping’, where computer engines have the ability to reiterate a set of numbers