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* Personal Life
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- Born in London on December 10, 1815
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** Parents
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- Was the Victorian-era mathematician daughter of the Romantic poet Lord Byron and Annabella
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Milbanke
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** Education
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- Privileged existence, but lived in a world where girls were limited in what subjects they were
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taught
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- Young women were excluded from universities and gender stereotypes were /rigidly/ enforced
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- The aim of education for young women born into the aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries was to
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make them as marriageable as possible
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- Young women were typically schooled at home, by governesses or carefully selected tutors
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- Subjects included languages, literature, and music to name a few
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- Ada learned history, literature, languages, geography, music, chemistry, sewing, shorthand and
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mathematics to the level of elementary geometry and algebra
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