Today hundreds of bloggers around the world are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day by writing about women they admire in technology. Whether they be famous or just a friend or family member, the tributes are popping up all over the internet.
Here's a collection of a few women in technology I find inspirational:
Esther Dyson -- One of the female leaders who have shaped the internet.
Rachel Carson -- Biologist and environmentalist who is the author of Silent Spring.
Heather Luttrell -- President of online advertising company IndieClick.com.
Sarah Platt -- Web TV expert and head of Kinura.com.
Barbara Anglisz -- Product Direcctor of Adept Technologies.
Katz Kiely -- Head of interactive agency Just-b.
Jemima Kiss -- Technology journalist for The Guardian.
Aleks Krotoski -- Academic and technology journalist for The Guardian.
Mena Trott -- Founder of Six Apart, Moveable Type and TypePad.
Helen Keegan -- Mobile marketing expert and Technokitten.com blogger.
Hedy Lamarr -- Actress and early visionary for wireless communications technology.
Deirdre Molloy -- Editor and Events Manager of Chinwag.com.
Courtney Pulitzer -- A networking facilitator between technology, art and charity professionals.
Florence Nightingale -- wartime nurse who discovered poor hygenic conditions caused infection.
Ruth Fisher Rosevear -- My grandmother, who was one of the first female graduates of chemistry from Cornell University.
And there are many, many more.
Happy Ada Lovelace Day,
-Lisa
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