The idea of computer programming is due to Ada Lovelace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
Male programmers joined the field of computer science at the later stage. In the modern time we can find many equally great contributions from female computer scientists. I will try to compile a list very soon.
In addition to Ada Lovelace taking all the credit for the concept of computer programming I would like to add to the list Mary Cartwright, Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton. The details of their contributions are indeed quite impressive.
Mary Cartwright
She is credited with discovery of chaos
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cartwright
Grace Hopper
“....she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. She popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, an early high-level programming languagestill in use today”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
Margaret Hamilton
“She is an American computer scientist, systems engineerand business owner. She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo space program. In 1986, she founded Hamilton Technologies, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was developed around Universal Systems Language(USL), based on her paradigm of "Development Before the Fact" for systems and software design.”
Thank you, Prof. Janusz Pudykiewicz, for your interesting comments on the presence of women in the field of computing since its creation. For my part, I want to add that in my university that is fundamentally technological, in general terms, the number of women is much smaller than that of men who obtain bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees. In particular, this difference between men and women is reduced among students in studies related to agronomy, chemistry, architecture and ... new technologies!. An element of reflection when we consider taking measures to incorporate women into technological studies.