* Personal Life

- Born in London on December 10, 1815
** Parents
- Was the Victorian-era mathematician daughter of the Romantic poet Lord Byron and Annabella
  Milbanke
** Education

- Privileged existence, but lived in a world where girls were limited in what subjects they were
  taught
  - Young women were excluded from universities and gender stereotypes were /rigidly/ enforced
- The aim of education for young women born into the aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries was to
  make them as marriageable as possible
  - Young women were typically schooled at home, by governesses or carefully selected tutors
  - Subjects included languages, literature, and music to name a few
- Ada learned history, literature, languages, geography, music, chemistry, sewing, shorthand and
  mathematics to the level of elementary geometry and algebra