Personally, I've always seen more coverage of Lovelace than of Babbage--she's thoroughly celebrated, at least at my university, along with Grace Hopper and our

Personally, I've always seen more coverage of Lovelace than of Babbage--she's thoroughly celebrated, at least at my university, along with Grace Hopper and our own local famous female engineer (for whom the college of engineering is named). There is no Babbage Day or anything of the sort, he's just this guy that didn't quite build a computer.