The History of Operating Systems

"As an interesting historical aside,  Babbage realized that he would need software for his analytical engine, so he hired a young woman named Ada Lovelace, who was the daughter of the famed British poet Lord Byron, as the world's first programmer. The programming language Ada is named after her."[1]

Cited

1. Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Modern Operating Systems. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002. Print.