Index

Womens History Timeline

  • Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet

    Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet
    She was a author and mathematician. she had published a book named Institutions de Physique in 1740. She also was the translator of Newton's Principia Mathematica in 1749.
  • Maria Gaetana Agnesi

    Maria Gaetana Agnesi
    Maria started math at an early age.Maria came up with cubic curve now known as the "Witch of Agnesi," Today this curve is a common example found in many calculus texts.
  • Sophie Germain

    Sophie Germain
    Sophie never had a teacher to teach her math she used her father's old math books. she made contributions to the areas of number theory and mathematical physics, and she was one of the first mathematicians, and to provide a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem for a large class of exponents.
  • Ada lovelace (language arts)

    Ada lovelace (language arts)
    Ada was the first women to write letters to people ont he computer. She was the first womens computer programmer. People now send letters to each other to communicate an easier way. She made a difference.
  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale
    She was a pioneer in the applications of statistical analysis and methods of data presentation in medicine. She invented polar-area diagram, and the pie chart. She is remebered as a nurse though.
  • Hertha Marks Ayrton

    Hertha Marks Ayrton
    She was a mathmatician. She invented a draftsman's device for dividing a line into equal parts and making bigger and smaller figures. She was also a member of female inventor and engineers.
  • Barbara Mcclintock (science)

    Barbara Mcclintock (science)
    Barbara was a genetics researcher. She studied DNA also. She taught people about how there genes pass down to another. For example how you get the color skin and the color eyes and the texture of your hair you have. She also made a difference
  • Marjorie Lee Browne

    Marjorie Lee Browne
    She was one of the first black female mathematicians to get a doctorate honor for math in 1949 in the United States. She was a math educator and head of the department of North Carolina Central University. she has been remembered for her work in the field of linear and matrix algebra.
  • Emmy Noether

    Emmy Noether
    Emmy Noether was known for her innovations in higher algebra. Noether made her mark as an extraordinary mathematician early in her career. From 1927 Noether concentrated on noncommutative algebras.
  • Grace Murray Hopper

    Grace Murray Hopper
    Grace was an American mathematician and also the U.S. Navy, was a pioneer in computer technology. Hopper was known of the first English-language data-processing compiler and helped standardize the U.S. Navy’s computer languages, and scientific notation.
  • Christa McAuliffe (social studies)

    Christa McAuliffe (social studies)
    Christa was one of the first women to teach social studies. She was one of the seven members killed in the space shuttle. She recieved her bachelors degree in master of arts.
  • Sabine Meyer (band)

    Sabine Meyer (band)
    Meyer started playing the clarinet at a very early age. She was the first women to play the clarinet. Her father was also a clarinetist. She played all kinds of music
  • Gloria Hewitt

    Gloria Hewitt
    She learned how to do word problems on her own. She is now a professor of mathematics at the University of Montana and a dedicated mathematics educator. She was also a reader and Table Leader for the grading of the AP Calculus Exam for 12 years.
  • Hypatia

    Hypatia
    Hypatia became known for her intellectual abilities. From the few records that have been recovered, it appears that Hypatia’s work was concerned primarily with astronomy and mathematics. She also suffered a violent death at the hands of a Christian mob.
  • Betty White (careers technology)

    Betty White (careers technology)
    Betty white was the first women with a career in the acting performance. She was a singer, comedian, and a author. She is now the only survivng golden girl. She was also the host of a joke show.