Womans Math History

By Tyshan2

  • Anna Helene Palmie

    Anna Helene Palmie
    1.Clara was born in Hillsgrove, McDonough County, She graduated from Hedding College, Abingdon, Illinois in 1886.
    2.While she was at Goucher she keep her graduate studies at the University of Chicago during the summer.
    3.In 1911 she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University

  • Agnes Baxter

    Agnes Baxter
    1.In 1891 she received her BA with first class honours in Mathematics
    2Agnes went to Cornell University where she graduate work in mathematics
    3.She got her degree of Ph.D. in 1895

  • Sister Mary Gervase

    Sister Mary Gervase
    1.She graduated from the St. Patrick's High School in 1905
    2. she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Catholic University of America.
    3.Gervase was born Helen Agnes Kelley in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1888

  • Hilda Geiringer von Mises

    Hilda Geiringer von Mises
    1.She received her Ph.D. in 1917 from the University of Vienna
    2.Geiringer remained at the University of Berlin until 1933 when she was forced to leave after Hitler came to power
    3.director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics at the university

  • Mabel Schmeiser Barnes

    Mabel Schmeiser Barnes
    1. She got her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1931 2.After graduation she had a temporary job as acting department chair at Nebraska State. 3.1933 Mabel became one of the two women accepted into the first group of mathematicians at the Advanced Study in Princeton

  • Maria Cinquini-Cibrario

    Maria Cinquini-Cibrario
    1. She got a field of mathematics and became an Assistent Teacher of mathematics in 1928 2.Maria became Professor of Mathematical Analysis in 1947. 3.Her work and research have helped to achieve the linear partial differential equations

  • Mary F. Wheeler

    Mary F. Wheeler
    1.Wheeler earned a double major in social sciences and mathematics in 1960
    2.She first went to college she studied pharmacy
    3. The she wanted to become a lawyer

  • Karen Uhlenbeck

    Karen Uhlenbeck
    1. She received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1968 2.Karen Uhlenbeck graduated from University of Michigan in 1964 3.She has also VicePresident of the American Mathematical Society

  • Sun-Yung Alice Chang

    Sun-Yung Alice Chang
    1.She received her B.S. from National University of Taiwan (1970) and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1974)
    2.At the University of California, Los Angeles she was a full professor
    3.She was a member of the Board of Mathematical Sciences (1990-1992) of the National Academy of Sciences

  • Sijue Wu

    Sijue Wu
    1.She got her B.S. in 1983 and M.S. in 1986 from Beijing University
    2. And she got her Ph.D. in 1990 from Yale University
    3.She has been a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, since 1998