Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?

Written by Tanya Lee Stone · Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Part of the Who Says Women Can't? series

Discover the untamed imagination of history's first computer programmer.

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40 pages· 1,260 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud· ~890L

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Bookroo's summary

Meet Ada Lovelace, a visionary in the early 1800s who defied conventions with her boundless imagination and mathematical prowess. As the daughter of a famous poet, Ada's journey from a curious child to a pioneering thinker unfolds. Her groundbreaking work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine laid the foundation for modern computing. How did Ada's unique blend of creativity and logic shape the future? Dive into her story and explore the mind of the woman who imagined computers a century before their time.

From the publisher

A picture book biography of Ada Lovelace, the woman recognized today as history’s first computer programmer—she imagined them 100 years before they existed! In the early nineteenth century lived Ada Byron: a young girl with a wild and wonderful imagination. The daughter of internationally acclaimed poet Lord Byron, Ada was tutored in science and mathematics from a very early age. But Ada’s imagination was never meant to be tamed and, armed with the fundamentals of math and engineering, she came into her own as a woman of ideas—equal parts mathematician and philosopher. From her whimsical beginnings as a gifted child to her most sophisticated notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, this book celebrates the woman recognized today as the first computer programmer. A Christy Ottaviano Book

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