The day was founded in the United Kingdom in 2009 by
Suw Charman-Anderson on the second Tuesday in October as a means of raising awareness about the contributions of women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (
STEM) fields. Charman-Anderson later said of this: In 2022, Charman-Anderson announced that this would be the last year in which the organization that she founded, Finding Ada, would organize an annual flagship Ada Lovelace Day event in England. However, the
Royal Institution stepped in with funding, due to its alignment with their mission to bring scientists and the public together. with events organized by groups ranging from museums, professional societies, universities, colleges and high schools. While Ada Lovelace Day is the second Tuesday of October, events celebrating women in STEM typically span the period of October and November, and include diverse activities ranging from in-person and virtual Wikipedia
Editathons to panel discussions and film screenings. and Katie Chan at an Ada Lovelace Day event sponsored by Wikimedia UK in 2012 , founder of Ada Lovelace Day, at an event in 2012 While this celebration of the often overlooked contributions of women in STEM was named for
Ada Lovelace, activities have expanded since 2009 to highlight the diverse contributions of women in STEM over time and different countries. Events have featured policy initiatives and scholarship relating to equity, diversity and inclusion that provide spaces and platforms for dialogue and discussion about how
unconscious bias(es) function to create barriers to women's participation and advancement in the professional fields of STEM. == References ==