Please welcome Ada Lovelace, the first purely STEM writer to grace the Literary Grannies canon.
Ironically she is the daughter of 19th Century rockstar poet, Lord Byron, who she never met. She was entranced by the man whose portrait hung covered in her mother’s home, but her mother was so consumed with not wanting her daughter to be a fanciful poet, she hired tutors in mathematics in order to distract her daughter’s possibly poetic mind.
Ada instead created a fanciful flying machine, meticulously designed with her brilliant mathematical (and my best guess also lyrical mind).
Her mother worried needlessly about Ada, who teamed up with Charles Babbage who devised the plans for “The Analytical Machine” – a general purpose computer. Ada saw the applications for the Analytical machine could go much further than computation and she published the first algorithm and instructions for how to use it with more depth.
Ada is the first STEM writer to appear among Literary Grannies and the first since I stared CreativeLifeMidwife.com.
Her full name was Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace. She was born December 12, 1815 and died November 27, 1852
Writing Prompt: Think back to what your mother hoped for you when you were a child? How does that differ from who you are now (or how is it the same)? Write about it – take 5 minutes and write, free flow style.
Julie has participated in the A to Z Blog Challenge for several years and is thrilled to be back, once again with Literary Grannies. Follow here throughout April for blog posts featuring women of literary history along with a daily writing prompt that reflects each featured writer.
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I knew nothing of Ada Lovelace, Julie, so thanks for enlightening me! She’s a fascinating character. How sad that her mother kept her from her father.
Great start to the A-Z challenge. I look forward to reading tomorrow’s post.
Unfortunately for Lord Byron, he didn’t want much of her, either, or her half sister he had with Mary Shelley’s sister. So many tangled relationships among 19th Century Literati!
I’m grateful you commented! I have loved the A to Z challenge before and there have been some differences in how to find people, etc. so I am grateful you found me!
Good choice and interesting post. Look forward to more 🙂
Wonderful theme~ right up my alley. This year is the first year I have participated in the A – Z blog challenge and I am excited. I’ll be back to read tomorrow. ~ Vikki J. Carter 🙂