Explore how Ada Lovelace, a brilliant mathematician, was not only able to escape the narrow expectations for 19th-century women, but also helped advance computing, in this video excerpt from the 2018 series Victoria, Season 2 | MASTERPIECE. Knowing that Prince Albert is an enthusiastic supporter of science—and an admirer of Lady Lovelace—Queen Victoria proposes a soirée to gather the “remarkable minds” of the time, including Lovelace (later known as the “Enchantress of Numbers”) and her colleague, Charles Babbage, credited for originating the idea of a programmable computer. This resource is part of the MASTERPIECE Historical Drama Collection.