Johanna Piesch
Austrian librarian, physicist and mathematician who is remembered for the pioneering contributions she made to switching algebra, one of the fundamentals of digital computing and programming languages
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Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
Renowned French astronomer and mathematician.
Clelia Grillo Borromeo
1700s Italian saloniere Clelia Borromeo gained fame for her exceptional ability to solve intricate mathematical problems.
Ietje Paalman-de Miranda
Suriname-born Dutch mathematician and the first female professor of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.
Divsha Amirà
Russian-Israeli mathematician and educator
Beatrice Aitchison
American mathematician, statistician and transportation economist
Edith Abbott
Edith Abbott, an economist, social worker and women’s equality campaigner, was the first American woman to be appointed the dean of a graduate school in the United States.
Alexandra Bellow
In her early career, she collaborated with her first husband, Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, on lifting theory and martingales; she also did extensive work in the area of ergodic theory.
Fátima de Madrid
Astronomer and writer
Wáng Zhènyì
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.