I love a good bad ass woman. A woman who goes out into the universe and makes it a better, more interesting place. I’m not talking about women who are bad. I’m talking about women who kick ass and don’t stop to take names until they’ve cleaned up and reapplied their lip gloss. These are the women who make the world go ’round. The women that our daughters need to know about and hear about and learn from.

So today I’m starting a new monthly series that I’m affectionately calling Bad Ass Babes. This series will feature some incredible women who have accomplished amazing things but aren’t exactly household names.

First up:

Ada Lovelace, computer programmer and mathematician
Also known as: The Enchantress of Numbers