women in mathmatics

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

Jun 5, 1646

first woman to earn a doctoral degree

Maria Agnesi

May 16, 1718

wrote first mathematics book by a woman that still survives; first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university

Sophie Germain

Apr 1, 1776

first woman not related to a member by marriage to attend Academie des Sciences meetings
first woman invited to attend sessions at the Institut de France

Mary Somerville

Dec 26, 1780

one of the first two women admitted to the Royal Astronomical Society
Somerville College, Oxford University, is named for her
dubbed "Queen of Nineteenth Century Science" by a newspaper on her death

Sofia Kovalevskaya

Jan 15, 1850

first woman to hold a university chair in modern Europe
first woman on the editorial staff of a mathematical journal

Ada Lovelace

Dec 10, 1851

creating the concept of an operating system or software

Charlotte Angas Scott

Jun 8, 1858

first head of the mathematics department at Bryn Mawr College
initiator of the College Entrance Examination Board
one of the organizers of the American Mathematical Society

Alicia Stott

Jun 8, 1860

known for coining the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four dimensions, and having an impressive grasp of four-dimensional geometry from a very early age.

Tatyana Afanasyeva

Nov 19, 1876

contribution in the review of the statistical mechanics and was also the author of many published papers on topics including randomness, entropy and geometry.
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Emmy Noether

Mar 23, 1882

She made important contributions to modern algebra, analysis and mathematical physics.