Woman's History in Math

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

May 5, 1718

Maria was born under a large and wealthy family. She was one of the first ones to publish a book with intergral and calculus problems. she also tried teaching positions,

Mary Everest Boole

Mar 8, 1832

Mary was born to a rich family. she taught math and science to children. Used "string geometry" to help find out about shapes.

Augusta Ada Byron King

Mar 8, 1852

Augusta was born with a family in london. She was intersted in doing something that helped with math, so she invented the calculator. Today she is remembered as the first female computer programmer.

Charlotte Barnum

May 17, 1860

She taught at Smith College and Hillhouse in New Haven County, Connecticut between 1883 and 1886.

Mina Rees

Mar 8, 1902

She earned her PhD at the University of Chicago under Leonard Dickson and did research in abstract algebra. She is known as a director of the mathematical dept. of the office of naval research.
She was the first women President of the AAAS.

Dorothy Lewis Bernstein

Apr 11, 1914

she was an American mathematician known for her work in mathematics, statistics, computer programming

Irene Stegun

Mar 8, 1919

Irene worte a Handbook of Mathematical Functions. The Handbook’s tables of function values were a good tool for researchers in applied mathematics. She is listed as the second author

Grace Alele-Williams

Dec 7, 1932

She made history as the first Nigerian woman to become the head of a Nigerian university

Audrey Terras

Sep 10, 1942

She was an American mathematician who works primarily in number theory.

Tatyana Afanasyeva

Apr 14, 1964

She was born in Ukrain and became a mathematician.