Ep. 3 Ada Lovelace: How History Overlooked the First Ever Computer Programmer Because She Was a Woman

History Fix - A podcast by Shea LaFountaine - Sundays

Computer science is a field completely dominated by men. Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs, the list goes on and on. But on that list, pretty high up on that list is Ada Lovelace. Although the world overlooked her contributions for an entire century, did you know the very first computer programmer was actually a woman? Let’s fix that. Sources: Biography.comEncyclopedia Britannica Onlinecomputerhistory.orgsciencehistory.orgStuff You Missed in History Class pod...