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first woman to earn a doctoral degree
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wrote first mathematics book by a woman that still survives; first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university
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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 -
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 -
first woman to hold a university chair in modern Europe
first woman on the editorial staff of a mathematical journal -
creating the concept of an operating system or software
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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 -
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.
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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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She made important contributions to modern algebra, analysis and mathematical physics.
