Biobibliographical Documents on Women Mathematicians
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content: 1981-1987
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content: The following is a list, mainly of women mathematicians, of those who submitted biographical and bibliographical information about themselves to the Division of Mathematics of NMAH. Many of these women attended a 1981 meeting at the Museum that honored American women who received PhDs in mathematics prior to World War II. Others on the list later submitted the same sort of information to the division between 1981 and 1987.
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content: Also on this list are seven male mathematicians, two of whom are fathers of women on the list and five of whom are husbands of women on the list. With the exception of Vera (Ames) Widder (1909–2004), Bryn Mawr College, 1938, all those who attended the 1981 meeting returned questionnaires. For each person listed we give name, dates of birth and death, school awarding doctorate, and year of that degree. A name in parentheses is the surname before marriage, and a number in parentheses at the end of an entry refers to a comment following the list. An asterisk before a name means that the woman attended the 1981 meeting.
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content: *Aitchison, Beatrice (1908–1997), PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1933
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content: Arnoldy, Sister Mary Nicholas (1893–1985), PhD, Catholic University, 1933
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content: Baker, Frances E. (1902–1995), PhD, University of Chicago, 1934
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content: Baker, Richard P. (1866–1937), PhD, University of Chicago, 1910 (1)
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content: Bechtolsheim, Lulu (Hofmann) (1902–1989), PhD, University of Zürich, 1927
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content: Bower, Julia Wells (1903–1999), PhD, University of Chicago, 1933
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content: Boyce, Fannie W. (1897–1986), PhD, University of Chicago, 1938
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content: *Burke, Sister Leonarda (1900–1998), PhD, Catholic University, 1931
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content: Carlson, Elizabeth (1896–2000), PhD, University of Minnesota, 1924
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content: Cole, Nancy (1902–1991), PhD, Radcliffe College, 1934
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content: Darkow, Marguerite D. (1893–1992), PhD, University of Chicago, 1924 (2)
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content: *Epstein, Marion (Greenebaum) (1915–2014), PhD, Bryn Mawr College, 1938
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content: Frink, Aline (Huke) (1904–2000), PhD, University of Chicago, 1930
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content: Frink, Orrin (1901–1988), PhD, Columbia University, 1926 (3)
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content: *Frisch, Sister Elizabeth (1901–1993), PhD, Catholic University, 1940
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content: Fry, Cleota G. (1910–2001), PhD, Purdue University, 1939
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content: Gibbens, Gladys (1893–1983), PhD, University of Chicago, 1920
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content: Grant, Anna M. C. (1903–1984), PhD, Bryn Mawr College, 1937 (4)
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content: Greenfield, Bella (Manel) (1915–2010), PhD, New York University, 1939 (5)
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content: Griffin, Harriet (1903–1991), PhD, New York University, 1939
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content: *Haynes, Nola (Anderson) (1897–1996), PhD, University of Missouri, 1929
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content: Hazard, Clifton Terrell (1885–1963), MA, Indiana University, 1913 (6)
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content: Hazard, Katharine E. (1915–1992), PhD, University of Chicago, 1940
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content: Hedberg, Ermest A. (1903–1961), PhD, University of Missouri, 1935 (7)
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content: Hedberg, Marguerite (Zeigel) (1907–2002), PhD, University of Missouri, 1932
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content: *Henriques, Anna (Stafford) (1905–2004), PhD, University of Chicago, 1933
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content: Hill, Sister Mary Laetitia (1898–1992), PhD, Catholic University, 1935
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content: Hopkins, Margarete C. (Wolf ) (1911–1998), PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1935
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content: *Hopper, Grace (Murray) (1906–1992), PhD, Yale University, 1934
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content: *Humphreys, M. Gweneth (1911–2006), PhD, University of Chicago, 1935
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content: Huston, Antoinette (Killen) (1904–1993), PhD, University of Chicago, 1934
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content: Huston, Ralph E. (1902–1969), PhD, University of Chicago, 1932 (8)
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content: Johnson, Roberta F. (1902–1988), PhD, Cornell University, 1933
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content: Kanarik, Rosella (Kanarik) (1909–2014), PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1934
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content: Lester, Caroline A. (1902–1996), PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1937
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content: Maria, A. J. (1896-1964), PhD, Rice Institute, 1925 (9)
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content: Maria, May (Hickey) (1904–2001), PhD, Rice Institute, 1929
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content: Mayer, Joanna Isabel (1904–1991), PhD, Marquette University, 1931 (10)
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content: McCoy, Dorothy (1903–2001), PhD, University of Iowa, 1929
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content: McFarland, Dora (1894–19867), PhD, University of Chicago, 1936
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content: *McKee, Ruth (Stauffer) (1910–1993), PhD, Bryn Mawr College, 1935
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content: Mears, Florence M. (1896–1995), PhD, Cornell University, 1927
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content: Montague, Harriet F. (1905–1997), PhD, Cornell University, 1935
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content: Newton, Abba V. (1908–1996), PhD, University of Chicago, 1933
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content: Noble, Andrewa (1908–1993), PhD, University of California, 1935
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content: O’Brien, Katharine (1901–1998), PhD, Brown University, 1939
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content: *Price, Irene (1902–1999), PhD, Indiana University, 1932
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content: *Quinn, Grace (Shover) (1906–1998), PhD, Ohio State University, 1931
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content: Rayl, Adrienne S. (1898–1989), PhD, University of Chicago, 1939 (11)
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content: *Reavis , Mabel (Griffin) (1907–1999), PhD, Duke University, 1933
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content: Reschovsky, Helene J. (1907–1994), PhD, University of Vienna 1930
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content: *Schneckenburger, Edith R. (1908–1990), PhD, University of Michigan, 1940
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content: *Sullivan, Sister M. Helen (1907–1998), PhD, Catholic University, 1934
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content: Tuller, Annita (1910–1994), PhD, Bryn Mawr College, 1937
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content: Wakerling, R. K. (1914–1999), PhD, University of California, 1939 (12)
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content: Wakerling, Virginia (Wood) (1915–1997), PhD, University of California, 1940
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content: (1) R. P. Baker was the father of Frances E. Baker, who completed his questionnaire.
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content: (2) Margarete D. Darkow’s questionnaire was completed by her sister, Felice E. Darkow.
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content: (3) Orrin Frink was the husband of Aline Huke Frink.
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content: (4) Anna M. C. Grant’s questionnaire was annotated after her death by her niece, Jessie F. Flouton.
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content: (5) There is no questionnaire from Bella Greenfield, only a curriculum vitae.
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content: (6) Clifton Terrell Hazard was the father of Katharine E. Hazard, who completed his questionnaire. He did not possess a PhD but was a professor of mathematics at Purdue University.
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content: (7) Ernest A. Hedberg was the husband of Marguerite Zeigel Hedberg, who completed his questionnaire.
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content: (8) Ralph E. Huston was the husband of Antoinette Killen Huston, who completed his questionnaire.
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content: (9) A. J. Maria was the husband of May Hickey Maria, who completed his questionnaire.
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content: (10) There is no questionnaire from Joanna Isabel Mayer, only correspondence.
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content: (11) Adrienne S. Rayl submitted a questionnaire completed with the assistance of her nephew, Donald R. Wilken.
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content: (12) R. K. Wakerling was the husband of Virginia W. Wakerling.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Women Mathematicians
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Collected-for-the-Museum
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.3037.01
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content: 2006.3037.01
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content: 2006.3037
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content: sheets, group of
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 37 cm x 22 cm; 5 1/8 in x 14 9/16 in x 8 21/32 in