Fanny Goldstein

As the first Jewish woman to become a branch librarian in Massachusetts, Fanny Goldstein (1895-1961) was also collector and bibliographer of Judaica for the Boston Public Library.

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Alison Dillon

Alison Dillon was an excellent mathematician and an outstanding secondary school teacher with a unique teaching style.

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Amy Rayson

Amy Rayson was a graduate of Girton College, University of Cambridge but spent most of her career teaching mathematics in private schools in New York. She was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.

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Dr Vera Spinadel

Vera W de Spinadel was the first woman to be awarded a mathematics Ph.D. by the University of Buenos Aires. She was an Argentine mathematician whose main contributions were to mathematics in architecture, art, and design. She introduced the “metallic means family” which generalises the Golden Ratio.

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Claire Voisin

Award-winning French mathematician who has proved many remarkable results in algebraic geometry, particularly in finding counterexamples to conjectures.

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Dr Agnes Wells

Agnes Wells was an American mathematician and astronomer who worked during the first half of the 20th century. She spent most of her career expertly guiding women students and trying to improve the status of women in American society.

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