Why Ada Lovelace Day matters

Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women in science, highlighting role models to inspire the next generation

Happy Ada Lovelace Day everyone! Today is a day to celebrate inspirational women in science, technology, maths and engineering, in the hope that by shining a light on such people and increasing their visibility, they can inspire future generations.

Ada Lovelace Day was founded in 2009 by Suw Charman-Anderson, and part of her reason for doing this was a worry that women in tech were invisible. The idea was a positive one - rather than highlighting the problem, highlight the unseen women and shout from the rooftops about all the amazing things they've achieved. Ada Lovelace was an obvious choice of mascot for such an endeavour.