5.  Ada Countess of Lovelace is generally considered 
    to be the first programmer, but some contrary 
    information has come to light recently. Search the 
    literature for two articles on each side of the argument 
    and formulate a conclusion. Was she?

There are many possible answers here.

Obvious online sources include:

http://www.biography.com/people/ada-lovelace-20825323
http://mentalfloss.com/article/53131/ada-lovelace-first-computer-programmer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace




Bromley, Allan G. (1990). "Difference and Analytical Engines". 
In Aspray, William. Computing Before Computers. Ames: Iowa State 
University Press. pp. 59–98. 

Essinger, James (2015) "Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter 
Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age". Melville House; Reprint 
edition (September 28, 2015)

Kim, Eugene; Toole, Betty Alexandra (1999). "Ada and the First 
Computer". Scientific American. 280 (5): 76–81.

Lethbridge, Lucy . (2004) "Ada Lovelace: The Computer Wizard of 
Victorian England", Short Books Ltd (May 20, 2004)

Stein, Dorothy K. (1984). "Lady Lovelace's Notes: Technical 
Text and Cultural Context". Victorian Studies. 28 (1): 33–67. 
p. 34.