Women and mathematics: An abbreviated timeline
5th century B.C. Theano (wife of Phythagoreas) and her 2 daughters run his school after his death
4th century A.D .Hypatia
1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia received the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from
the
1748 Maria Gaetana Agnesi published her textbook on calculus that she wrote for her brothers’ instruction, it caused a sensation in the academic world. It was one of the first and most complete works on finite and infinitesimal analysis.
(1776-1831) Sophie Germain persistently pursued studying mathematics, even published under male pseudonyms
1874
“Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination”
1882 Christine Ladd-Franklin leaves John Hopkins after completing her dissertation in logic but not beign awarded a doctorate because she was a woman
1886
Winifred Edgerton is the first woman to be granted the Ph.D. in mathematics ( In the U.s.) that she earned at
1893
Ida Metcalf is the second woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics in the
1904-1907 Emily Noether
was permitted to matriculate at
1906 Charlotte Scott became the first female vice president of the American Mathematical Society
1926 Christine Ladd-Franklin awarded her doctorate from Johns Hopkins, 44 years after meeting the requirements
1943 Euphemia Lofton Haynes becomes the first african american woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics
1956 Grace
Murray Hopper Using FLOW-MATIC, she taught UNIVAC I and II to understand twenty
English-like statements
References:
Statistical information-
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00327/frames.htm
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2001/section3/indicator30.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=72
Information about Admiral Hopper:
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html
Information about African American mathematicians:
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/00.INDEXmad.html
Facts about women mathematicians:
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
http://www.swt.edu/slac/math/12Myths.html
Cool math women crossword puzzle
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/cross.html
Miscellaneous facts from:
Advocates for Women in Science,
Engineering, and Mathematics
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Patricia B. Campbell, PhD,
Campbell-Kibler Associates,
Inc.,
978 448-5402