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Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Day

A celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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Interactive Women in STEM tour

Map showing 9 scientists and 3 different timeline routes: 1780-1943, 1889-2001 and 1914-2011.
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. For Ada Lovelace Day 2025, Jackie, Magda and Stewart created this open-licensed ‘Interactive Women in STEM tour’ game for everyone to enjoy.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

Celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion in STEM by taking a look at nine Edinburgh-connected women who have made an impact in a wide range of STEM fields. With fun quizzes and games (crosswords, pair matching and combination locks), play our open-licensed interactive game today. N.B. We recommend tapping the fullscreen button (⤢) in the top-right corner, available after you ‘Start’ the game

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Featured scientists

  1. Mary Brück (1925 – 2008)
  2. Mary (Molly) Fergusson (1914 – 1997)
  3. Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889 – 1982)
  4. Sophia Jex-Blake (1840 – 1912)
  5. Christina Miller (1899 – 2001)
  6. Noreen Murray, or Lady Murray (1935 – 2011)
  7. Flora Philip (1865 – 1943)
  8. Marion Ross (1903 – 1994)
  9. Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780 – 1872)

Licence and copyright

This game is intended to be shared, reused and remixed. In order to encourage this we’ve applied a Creative Commons open licence to our own content where the only requirements are to include the following attribution and distribute your contributions under the same licence as the original. Copyright © The University of Edinburgh 2025 CC BY-SA. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 International Licence.

Provide feedback

Share your feedback via the Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) Working Group Teams channel or email the designers – Jackie Aim (lead), Magda Dundas & Stewart Lamb Cromar. Email the designers

Curious Edinburgh

This interactive game was inspired by the Curious Edinburgh – Women in STEM Trail map. This tour was developed by Cari Romans, Magda Dundas, Katie Grieve and Shivani Rao from Learning, Technology and Web (LTW) of the University of Edinburgh. Download the Curious Edinburgh app for more mobile walking tours on Edinburgh’s scientific and community heritage. The free app can be found on both Google Play and App Store.

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