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The Association was founded in 1971 as the Association of Women Mathematicians, but the name was changed almost immediately. As reported in "A Brief History of the Association for Women in Mathematics: The Presidents' Perspectives", by Lenore Blum: [1] As Judy Green remembers (and Chandler Davis, early AWM friend, concurs):
Louise Hay (1935–1989), founding member of the Association for Women in Mathematics; Linda B. Hayden (born 1949), African-American mathematics educator and mathematical geoscientist known for mentorship of women and minorities; Ellen Hayes (1851–1930), American mathematician, astronomer, and political radical
International groups who cover the general topics of science, technology, engineering, and math. 500 Women Scientists; American Association of University Women (AAUW) AnitaB.org; Association for Women in Science (AWIS) European Platform of Women Scientists; Girl Geek Dinners; Graduate Women in Science (GWIS; formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon)
L'association femmes et mathématiques (English: Association of Women and Mathematics) is a voluntary association promoting women in scientific studies, research, and mathematics created in 1987. [1] This organization currently has about 200 members, including university professors of math, math teachers, sociologists, philosophers and ...
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS) [3] Spectra (mathematical association) Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe (UMALCA) [4] Young Mathematicians Network [5]
1970: Mina Rees became the first female president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [13] 1971: Mary Ellen Rudin constructed the first Dowker space. [14] The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) was founded. It is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active ...
1971: The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) was founded. It is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.
In 2015 EDGE received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) [8] The citation for the award commented on the phenomenal success of this organization, and noted that at the time of the award over 200 women had participated in 16 EDGE summer sessions. Fifty-six women (of whom 46 percent ...