Ada Lovelace Facts

At age 17, Ada was introduced to the concept of Charles Babbage's machines at a dinner hosted by another remarkable woman, Mary Somerville. Ada's interest was thoroughly piqued, and it wasn't until 10 years later that Ada acted on her curiosity about the computers-to-be.

Babbage published his findings in 1841 at a seminar in Turin, Italy. Now a wife and mother of three, Ada translated the Italian article and sent Babbage the translated report with her own notes — three times the length of the original article.