Ada Lovelace was a genius mathematician of the 18th century.

Ada is responsible for little math discoveries other in her lifetime other than contributions to small papers and research over the years. But in 1815 she is responsible for inventing the base of technology today, the program. She figured out that a computer could follow a set group of actions if told how to.

Ada Lovelace lived as a mathematician before her time and was the first step towards the computer we know today.