Lois Griffiths
Lois Wilfred Griffiths was an American mathematician best known for her work in polygonal numbers.
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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.
Ida Busbridge
Ida Busbridge worked on integral equations and radiative transfer. She was the first woman appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics. She taught at the University of Oxford for 35 years.
Isabel Maddison
Isabel Maddison was an English mathematician best known for her work on differential equations.
Chrystal Macmillan
Chrystal Macmillan was the first female science graduate at Edinburgh University and the first female honours graduate in Mathematics. She became active in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and went on to become a lawyer.
Joan Clarke
Joan Clarke was one of the English mathematicians recruited to work on wartime German codes with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.