Timeline of women in mathematics in the United States
There is a long history of women appearances in mathematics in the United States. All women mentioned here are American unless otherwise noted.
Timeline
19th Century
- 1829: The first public test of an American girl in geometry was held.[1]
- 1886: Winifred Edgerton Merrill became the first American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from Columbia University.[2]
20th Century
- 1956: Gladys West began collecting data from satellites at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Her calculations directly impacted the development of accurate GPS systems.[3]
- 1983: Julia Robinson became the first female president of the American Mathematical Society, and the first female mathematician to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[4]
- 1995: Margaret H. Wright became the first female president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[4]
21st Century
- 2004: Alison Miller became the first female gold medal winner on the U.S. International Mathematical Olympiad Team.[5]
- 2019: Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win the Abel Prize.[6]
Related pages
References
- ↑ Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Susan B. Anthony; Matilda Joslyn Gage; Ida Husted Harper, eds. (1889). History of Woman Suffrage: 1848–1861, Volume 1. Susan B. Anthony. p. 36. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ↑ Susan E. Kelly & Sarah A. Rozner (28 February 2012). "Winifred Edgerton Merrill:"She Opened the Door"" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 59 (4). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "How Gladys West uncovered the 'Hidden Figures' of GPS" (in en-US). GPS World. 2018-03-19. http://gpsworld.com/how-gladys-west-uncovered-the-hidden-figures-of-gps/. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians". agnesscott.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ↑ "Math Forum @ Drexel: Congratulations, Alison!". mathforum.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ↑ Change, Kenneth (March 19, 2019). "Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Receive Abel Prize in Mathematics". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/science/karen-uhlenbeck-abel-prize.html. Retrieved 19 March 2019.