Mary Newson
Mary Newson was an American mathematician. She became the first female American to receive a PhD in mathematics from a European university.
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Letitia Chitty
Letitia Chitty began studying the mathematical tripos but, after war work during World War I, she studied the mechanical sciences tripos. She became a civil engineer, applying mathematical theory and carrying out experiments.
Linda Goldway Keen
Linda Keen is an American mathematician who is known for her work in hyperbolic geometry.
Florence Nightingale David
Florence Nightingale David was an English statistician who worked to increase the opportunities for women to study statistics. She became head of the Statistics Department at the University of California, Riverside. Among her research interests were the history of probability and of statistical ideas.
Lois Griffiths
Lois Wilfred Griffiths was an American mathematician best known for her work in polygonal numbers.
Frances Hardcastle
Frances Hardcastle was an English mathematician who held fellowships in the United States. She studied point groups and wrote some important works. She also was a major figure in the Women’s Suffrage movement and was secretary of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies.
Gertrude Cox
Gertrude Mary Cox was an American statistician who worked in experimental design.
Gloria Olive
Gloria Olive was an American mathematician who worked on on applications of generalised powers.
Hilda Hudson
Hilda Hudson was an English mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry.
Ida Metcalf
Ida Martha Metcalf was the second woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics in America. She was never able to gain a position in keeping with her abilities and qualifications. She was open in her criticisms of the education system and of discrimination.