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::*Was the Lovelace/Bernoulli program actually first?

::*Was the Lovelace/Bernoulli program actually first?

There may be additional social/political issues because Ada Lovelace was a woman.  The issue of [[Women in Science and Mathematics]] has long been a contentious one, because the field is dominated by men.  There are those that feel that women who have made significant contributions should be held up as role models to encourage girls to go into these fields<ref>[http://shop.mattel.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4032107 This sometimes gets rather silly]</ref> (the effect is particularly pronounced in the case of Marie Curie), and those who disagree.  As often happens, people sometimes mix these issues with other political issues, such as the entire issue of feminism.

There may be additional social/political issues because Ada Lovelace was a woman.  The issue of [[Women in Science and Mathematics]] has long been a contentious one, because the field is dominated by men.  There are those that feel that women who have made significant contributions should be held up as role models to encourage girls to go into these fields<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110117003018/https://shop.mattel.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4032107 This sometimes gets rather silly]</ref> (the effect is particularly pronounced in the case of Marie Curie), and those who disagree.  As often happens, people sometimes mix these issues with other political issues, such as the entire issue of feminism.

But one should keep in mind that nothing about modern feminism or educational/social issues has any bearing on what happened 170 years ago.

But one should keep in mind that nothing about modern feminism or educational/social issues has any bearing on what happened 170 years ago.