Pioneering women in American mathematics : the pre-1940 PhD's /
Green, Judy,1943-
LaDuke, Jeanne,1938-
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; London : London Mathematical Society,
c2009.
More than 14 percent of the PhD's awarded in the United States during the first four decades of the twentieth century went to women, a proportion not achieved again until the 1980s. This book is the result of a study in which the authors identified all of the American women who earned PhD's in mathematics before 1940, and collected extensive biographical and bibliographical information about each of them. --from publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-337) and index.
Introduction -- Family background and precollege education -- Undergraduate education -- Graduate education -- Employment issues -- Career patterns -- Scholarly and professional contributions -- Epilogue.
More than 14 percent of the PhD's awarded in the United States during the first four decades of the twentieth century went to women, a proportion not achieved again until the 1980s. This book is the result of a study in which the authors identified all of the American women who earned PhD's in mathematics before 1940, and collected extensive biographical and bibliographical information about each of them. --from publisher description.
Women mathematicians
Women in higher education