Ada Lovelace day  |  March 25, 2009  

I've been working on a number of things lately that have kept me from keeping up on my blog reading (and writing for that matter). I just noticed that Tuesday is Ada Lovelace Day, a day dedicated to women in technology. I generally stay away from these kinds of focus activities, but I did notice something that was relevant. I recently blogged about judging in the FRC. In this competition, a significant portion of the students participating were women. In the FLL, the vast majority of those participating were girls, with over half the teams consisting of girl-only teams.

Something must make the interest in STEM trail off as women get older. It could be a lack of direct contact with female role models. One purpose of Ada Lovelace day is to bring forward more role models for women. If you look around today, you'll find a number of blog entries all over the Internet from women working in technical fields.

Unfortunately, all the female fellows in EDS were very busy today with an analyst conference in Boston (that Ann Livermore from HP TSG is leading) and other activities going on. Hopefully, Jean will be able to get an entry out soon.

Charlie Bess
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