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1999: The mathematics departments of the 25 highest-ranked universities in the US had more than 900 faculty members, of whom 4 were African-American. [7] 2003: Clarence F. Stephens is the first African-American to be honored with the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) most prestigious award, for Distinguished Service to Mathematics. [28]
Louise Nixon Sutton (1925–2006), first African-American woman to earn a mathematics PhD at New York University; Thyrsa Frazier Svager (1930–1999), African-American mathematician, donated entire salary to support African-American women in mathematics; Márta Svéd (–2005), Hungarian-Australian mathematician, wrote about non-Euclidean geometry
It includes mathematicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American women mathematicians" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American mathematicians. It includes American mathematicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101.Johnson became a household name thanks to the ...
This is a List of Lists of mathematicians and covers notable mathematicians by nationality, ethnicity, religion, profession and other characteristics. Alphabetical lists are also available (see table to the right).
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