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Hypatia
Was introduced to all systems of religion, by father, Theon, who was a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. -
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Maria Gaetana Agnesi is best known from the curve called the "Witch of Agnesi". Agnesi wrote the equation of this curve in the form y = a*sqrt(a*x-x*x)/x -
Mary Fairfax Somerville
The "Queen of Nineteenth Century Science," she fought family opposition to her study of math, and not only produced her own writings on theoretical and mathematical science, she produced the first geography text in England. -
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale invented polar-area diagram and the pie chart. -
Christine Ladd-Franklin
In 1883 she completed her dissertation titled “On the Algebra of Logic. -
Charlotte Angas Scott
She scored eighth in mathematics, but was not allowed to attend the award ceremony or have her name read as a recipient.
She finished her doctorate in 1855 from the University of London. -
Nina Karlovna Bari
The members of that group were called "Luzitanians" and their goal was to investigate the mathematical field of function theory. -
Olga Tausky-Todd
She began her studies in 1925, at the University of Vienna and received her doctoral degree in 1930.
While working in the National Bureau of Standards, wrote three chapters in the Handbook of Physics. A chapter each on algebra, operation theory, and ordinary differential equations.
Her major work was in topological algebra or algebraic number theory. -
Helen Merrill
Women mathematicians were expected to resign from their college teaching posts upon marriage, so she stayed single.
Merrill wrote two algebra textbooks titled, A First Course in Higher Algebra and Selected Topics in Higher Algebra -
Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether was known for her innovations in higher algebra.
