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Cornelia Fabri (1869–1915), Italian mathematician, first woman to graduate in math from University of Pisa. Vera Faddeeva (1906–1983), Russian expert on numerical linear algebra; Fariba Fahroo, Persian-American expert in pseudospectral optimal control, winner of AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award
1886: Winifred Edgerton Merrill became the first American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from Columbia University. [2] 1891: Charlotte Angas Scott of Britain became the first woman to join the American Mathematical Society, then called the New York Mathematical Society. [3]
1949: American mathematician Gertrude Mary Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute. [36] Also, Maria Laura Lopes obtained her PhD in Mathematics, being the first woman to obtain the title in Brazil. 1951: Mary Cartwright of Britain became the first female president of the Mathematical Association. [37] [33]
Vivienne Lucille Malone was born on February 10, 1932, in Waco, Texas, to Pizarro and Vera Estelle Allen Malone. [1] She encountered educational challenges associated with growing up in an African-American community in the South, including racially segregated schools, [2] but the encouragement of her parents, both educators, led her to avidly pursue her own education.
Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's is a book on women in mathematics.It was written by Judy Green and Jeanne LaDuke, based on a long study beginning in 1978, [1] and was published in 2009 by the American Mathematical Society and London Mathematical Society as volume 34 in their joint History of Mathematics series.
The professor at Stanford University in California was among four Fields Medal recipients at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Seoul, and the first female among the 56 winners ...
She spoke at Houston City Council many times, and in 1974 the mayor of Houston named her the first Women's Advocate for the city. In this position she helped pass legislation improving the status of women. She negotiated an agreement with the Houston Police Department enabling women to become police officers.
Much of Gilmer's work has been in ethnomathematics; she was described as a "leader in the field" by Scott W. Williams, a mathematics professor at SUNY Buffalo. [9]An example of this research is when, based on fieldwork in New York and Baltimore, Gilmer and her assistants, 14-year-old Stephanie Desgrottes and teacher Mary Potter, observed and interviewed both hair stylists and customers in the ...