Madame Lavoisier in the Ada Lovelace's day
The Ada Lovelace's Day is a blogging international day to draw attention to women excelling in technology (The Ada Lovelace Day Collection). To take part, you must to choose a tech heroine and then publish a blog post, any time on Tuesday 24th March 2009. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), know today as Ada Lovelace, is mainly known for as the "first programmer" since she was writing programs for the early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Babbage's analytical engine.
My heroine is Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze (1758 – 1836). She is considered today as the mother of the modern chemistry, although is most commonly known as the wife of Antoine Lavoisier (Madame Lavoisier) but many do not know of her accomplishments in the field of chemistry.
To known more about this amazing scientific see the Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze biography
That's a great thing to promote! Something good for all of us to see. It's sad for me to realize how few female scientists and technologists I can name (beyond the ones I know personally - friends and colleagues)... :-(
ReplyDeleteI hope the situation will change in the future!
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