good morning uncle bob. I was just thinking today i've not seen your notes of late. Regards to your daughter and grandsons and hope you have a great week with the family. Babbage and Ada must be fun to write! I was reading on Elizebeth Smith Friedman recently, first women cryptologist. She must have been been quite a genius to evolve with tech and impress all levels of security and gov'ts at a time where women workforce was unheard off in the early 1900s
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Hi Pam,
The story of Ada of Lovelace is quite a bit more checkered than the cursory popular stories suggest. She had a really crappy father (Lord Byron) who abandoned her as an infant. She apparently suffered from bouts of mannic behavior, and died at 36 of cervical cancer. Her involvement with the documentation of Babbage's Analytical Engine was intense; but it was by no means a solo effort. She and Babbage collaborated significantly on that report. It's not really clear how much she wrote, and how much Babbage wrote and/or editted.
It's a fascinating story that I'm afraid to say may not align perfectly with today's politically correct narrative.