10 women that contributed to mathematics

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia

Mar 8, 1684

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646–1684) was probably the first woman in the world to receive a Ph.D. Elena also learned the most about real numbers, she learned so much that she new more than some of her teachers.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Mar 7, 1718

Wrote a book on calculus and an equation that when graphed became known as "The Witch of Agnesi." Some people say this people woman was mean, some people say this woman was the nicest person in the word.

Caroline Herschel

Mar 7, 1750

She discovered a comet, but apparently never learned her times tables. The reason she never learned her times tables and learned how to solve an equation because she always played aeound in school.

Sophie Germain

Mar 7, 1776

She developed a theorem that is a basis for proving Fermat's Last Theorem. Certain prime numbers are called "Sophie Germain Primes. The reason they call it the Sophie Germain Primes is because she came up with the certain prime numbers.

Ada Lovelace

Mar 13, 1815

Could she possibly be the first person to think about programming computers? Ada Lovelace loved learning how to do probabilitys, probabilities was part of her job she was figuring which cord goes in to each slot how many times.

Florence Nightingale

Mar 7, 1820

What did she have to do with mathematics? She revolutionized how statistics are gathered and displayed. She was the student that learned the most about statics.

Mary Everest Boole

Mar 7, 1832

Became most interested in teaching math and science to children. Used string geometry to help depict shapes. This lady taught kids about scientific notation the most rather than stuff they want remember.

Hypatia

Mar 7, 1856

The first woman to have an impact on the science of math. She was ruthlessly murdered in her hometown of Alexandria. Hypatia she learned alot about probability more than any other student she knew.

Winifred Edgerton

Mar 7, 1862

First American woman to recieve a PhD in mathematics. Born in Wisconsin, she received her PhD from Columbia. She learned the most about coordinate plan.

Grace Murray Hopper

Mar 13, 1906

Had major impact on the first computers. Supposedly came up with the computer slang word bug. Was member of the US Navy and reached the rank of Rear Admiral. Grace was really good working with real numbers she used them with everyday life.