Ada Lovelace

Who She Is: 

Ada Lovelace lived in the 1800s and is considered the world’s first computer programmer. She collaborated with Charles Babbage on an early design for a mechanical computer, known as the Analytical Engine. While machines like that weren’t built in her lifetime, she imagined how numbers could be turned into instructions, not just for math but for music, pictures, and more.

 

Why She Matters: 

Lovelace showed that computers could be more than calculators, opening the door to the modern digital world. She inspires children to view technology as a creative tool that can extend beyond numbers to impact every aspect of life. Her story proves that imagination and ideas can sometimes be ahead of their time.