WOMEN IN STEM
“ Having that personal connection with another female ( like me ) gives young women the self-belief that they can discover a career path in STEM ”
– Tessa Colledge , Engineering Software Programmer at Autodesk analyst and metaphysician who is hailed as the founder of scientific computing . She was born in 1815 , the product of a brief marriage between Romantic poet Lord Byron and Anna Isabelle Milbanke . Lady Byron raised Lovelace to be tutored in mathematics and science as a stark contrast to the creative leanings of her father ( despite him having no influence over
Lovelace , as she never knew him ). In 1828 , at just 13 years old , Lovelace created a design for a flying machine .
Unsurprisingly , ladies engaging in scholarly pursuits was not generally encouraged at this time , but Lovelace moved in elite circles with gentlemen of science , and was easily intellectual and charming enough to become friends with those at a similar
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