History has a habit of misreading women before it understands them. Long before their contributions are recognised, many are dismissed as excessive in some way; too ambitious, too emotional, too unconventional, too much. This theme sits at the heart of the Unlabelled & Limitless Formerly “Too Much” series, which explores women whose ideas, influence, or behaviour challenged the expectations of their time. Few examples illustrate this pattern more clearly than Ada Lovelace. Wr