Augusta Ada Byron, otherwise known as Ada Lovelace, was destined for greatness. One hundred years before Alan Turing and long before the 1960’s black NASA computer scientists, Ada was the first to write a computer program. Born on the 10th of December, 1815, Ada...
Full Name: Ahyoka Birth Date: Unknown Death Date: Unknown Ahyoka was the daughter of Cherokee native Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, and the first person to learn the written form of the language referred to as Tsalagi Gawonihisdi. Ahyoka’s...
Full Name: Annie Goodrich Ellsworth Smith Birth Date: January 5th, 1826 Death Date: January 21st, 1900 In the year 1844, Annie Goodrich Ellsworth chose the words used on the world’s first telegraph message following Congress’ approval of a bill to build...
Born in London on 22nd March 1808, Caroline sheridan Norton was part of an influential and grand but poor family, the Sheridans. One of three sisters, they were enticing to those around them. All the siblings were considered beautiful and intelligent, with a tendency...
Oldest child to Silas and Lucinda Parker, Cynthia was born in Illinois sometime around 1825. By 1833, her family had uprooted and moved to Texas as her father became enlisted in the military there. The Parkers were awarded a settlement that abutted Comanche territory....
