Dr Stanisława Nikodym

Stanisława Nikodym was the first Polish woman to obtain the degree of Ph.D. in mathematics. She wrote papers on analysis, some with her husband Otton Nikodym. She is also known as a painter.

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Izabela Abramowicz

Izabela Abramowicz was a Polish mathematician who was the first woman to be awarded a gold medal and a first-degree diploma in mathematics from the University of Kyiv. She was an outstanding school teacher awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and other awards for her educational achievements.

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Guacolda Lazzerini

Guacolda Antoine Lazzerini was a mathematics teacher at both school and university level in Chile. She made many contributions to the development of education in Chile during her long active life.

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Dr Sylvia de Neymet

Sylvia de Neymet was the first Mexican woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1966. She taught university courses for almost 40 years, published several excellent papers and one book.

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Marta Bunge

Marta Bunge was an Argentine mathematician who worked most of her career at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. An expert in category theory, she was known for her work on synthetic differential topology and toposes.

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Achsah Mount Ely

Achsah Mount Ely studied at Vassar College, beginning in 1865, the year teaching began there. She taught at several other institutions before becoming Head of Mathematics at Vassar College. In 1891, she became one of the first two women to join the New York Mathematical Society.

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Manuela Garín

Manuela Garín was one of the first women to study mathematics at a Mexican university. She played an important role in the Mexican Mathematics Society, organising two Congresses, and was the first director of the School of Advanced Studies of the University of Sonora.

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Hattie B Cooper

When the Union United Methodist Church was located in Lower Roxbury in 1916, the Women’s Home Missionary Society, under the leadership of Hattie B. Cooper (1862–1949), provided services for the growing population of African Americans in that area.

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