Category Archives: Math

Pelageia Kochina was a Russian applied mathematician, known for her work on fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics.

Alice Schafer was an American mathematician who was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Anna Johnson Wheeler was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional analysis.

Anna Stafford Henriques was an American mathematician who became one of the first two women to undertake research at the Institute for Advanced Study. She worked at several universities concentrating on teaching.

Elizaveta Litvinova was the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. A competent mathematician, she was denied the possibility to teach and research at high levels in Russia. She was a friend of Sofia Kovalevskaya and wrote a biography of her and of other mathematicians. She also wrote around 70 articles on teaching mathematics.

Emma Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician known for her contributions to mathematics education.

Emma Markovna Lehmer was a Russian-born mathematician known for her work on reciprocity laws in algebraic number theory.

Agnes Scott graduated from Edinburgh University in 1917. She went on to teach at Raffles’ Girls School in Singapore.

Alicia Boole Stott was a daughter of George Boole who made some discoveries in four-dimensional geometry.