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WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS

WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS. BY: MICHELLE QUINN. Winifred Edgerton Merrill September 24, 1862 - September 6, 1951. First American woman to receive a Ph.D in Mathematics (1886). Received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1883 and went on for her Ph.D from Columbia University.

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WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS

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  1. WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS BY: MICHELLE QUINN

  2. Winifred Edgerton MerrillSeptember 24, 1862 - September 6, 1951 • First American woman to receive a Ph.D in Mathematics (1886). • Received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1883 and went on for her Ph.D from Columbia University. • Computation of the orbit of the comet of 1883. • Taught at many different institutions. • Winifred Edgerton Merrill Columbia University Homepage

  3. Emmy NoetherMarch 23, 1882 - April 14, 1935 • Granted the second degree to a woman in the field of mathematics. • Originally from Germany, Noether ended up the United States when Hitler took over and WWII began. • Noether taught at Bryn Mawr College until she died in 1935 • Known for “opening the door” for other women at Bryn Mawr.. • Emmy Noether Bryn Mawr Homepage

  4. Mary Emily Sinclair1878-1955 • In 1908, Sinclair became the first woman to earn a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. • Her dissertation, “Concerning a Compound Discontinuous Solution in the Problem of the Surface of Revolution of Minimum Area,” was published in the Annals of Mathematics, Vol 10 (January 1909), pp55-80. • Mary Emily Sinclair University ofChicago Homepage

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