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> how people push Ada Lovelace, someone who wrote a paper almost 200 years ago, as the symbol of women-working-with-computers I've rarely seen anyone champion

> how people push Ada Lovelace, someone who wrote a paper almost 200 years ago, as the symbol of women-working-with-computers I've rarely seen anyone champion Ada as a symbol of "Women working with computers".

justin66 10y ago
I'm pretty sure there's a poster of her at my local Microcenter, alongside the likes of Dan Bricklin.
- Semiapies 10y ago
  Yes. She's the single aspirational figure people push, most of the time, and it's a bit ridiculous.