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This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in mathematics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These include mathematical research, mathematics education , [ 1 ] : xii the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach, and mathematics contests .
2012: The Working Committee for Women in Mathematics, Chinese Mathematical Society (WCWM-CMS) was founded; it is a national non-profit academic organization in which female mathematicians who are engaged in research, teaching, and applications of mathematics can share their scientific research through academic exchanges both in China and abroad ...
In 1903, restrictions on women's full enrollment in Bavarian universities were rescinded. [26] Noether returned to Erlangen and officially reentered the university in October 1904, declaring her intention to focus solely on mathematics. She was one of six women in her year (two auditors) and the only woman in her chosen school. [27]
Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, with the award committee citing "the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics." [35] Marissa Kawehi Loving became the first Native Hawaiian woman to earn a PhD in mathematics when she graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in ...
The 12 May Initiative was created in Mirzakhani's honor [14] to celebrate women in mathematics. The Initiative is coordinated by the European Women in Mathematics, Association for Women in Mathematics, African Women in Mathematics Association, Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas de Chile, and the Women's Committee of the Iranian Mathematical ...
Sonya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day is a grant-making program of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), funding workshops across the United States which encourage girls to explore mathematics. While the AWM currently does not have grant money to support this program, multiple universities continue the program with their own ...
Evelyn Boyd Granville (May 1, 1924 – June 27, 2023) was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university; [2] she earned it in 1949 from Yale University.
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.