Many know Ada Lovelace, but too few know about women like Mary Allen Wilkes,…
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Many know Ada Lovelace, but too few know about women like Mary Allen Wilkes, who wrote most of the software for the first “personal” computer—the LINC.
Here are stories of modern and historical women in tech and digital rights that inspire us. How many did you already know? #InternationalWomensDay
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First, five women at EFF who inspire us:
- Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist
- Jane, underground abortion counseling service
- Ebele Okobi, ethical tech & innovation advocate
- Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer
- Cindy Cohn, EFF executive director
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/admiring-our-heroes-international-womens-day-five-women-tech-eff-admires-0
Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires
In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. They include Anna Politkovskaya, Cindy Cohn, Jane (the organization), Ebele Okobi, and Ada Lovelace.
www.eff.orgThree women who we've celebrated with EFF Awards recently:
- Carolina Botero, digital rights leader in Latin America
- Chelsea Manning, whistleblower, transparency and transgender rights advocate
- Annie Game, former director of IFEX, a global hub for the protection of free speech and journalism
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/admiring-our-heroes-international-womens-day-celebrating-women-who-have-received
Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women Who Have Received EFF Awards
For the last hundred years, women have had pivotal and far too often unsung roles in building and shaping the technology that we now use every day. Many have heard of Ada Lovelace’s contributions to computer programming, but far fewer know Mary Allen Wilkes, a prominent modern programmer who wrote...
www.eff.orgAnd this blog from 2012 looks back and acknowledges the important contributions from twelve more EFF Award winners. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/celebrating-pioneer-award-winning-women-ada-lovelace-day
12 Pioneering Women in Tech: EFF Celebrates Ada Lovelace Day
Today marks Ada Lovelace Day, when members of the tech community celebrate the role that women have played in technology. But of course, it’s not enough to do that just once a year. For the past 20 years, as we've honored leaders in our community with our annual EFF Pioneer Awards—prominent...
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