One of the irksome things in trying to show good role models in computing is that one in particular seems to show up: Ada Lovelace. Very white, very Victorian,

One of the irksome things in trying to show good role models in computing is that one in particular seems to show up: Ada Lovelace. Very white, very Victorian, very nerdbait. I'd much rather see young women learning about Adm. Grace Hopper, Roberta Williams, Sophie Wilson, or anyone who has actually done something in recent enough time that they aren't given fake glamor.