Dr Catherine Cassels Steele

Catherine Steele graduated from the University of St Andrews. She went on to a doctorate in Chemistry and studied at the University of Illinois and at Harvard. She taught for some time at a Horticultural College in Kent before returning to the USA.

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Emma Lehmer

Emma Markovna Lehmer was a Russian-born mathematician known for her work on reciprocity laws in algebraic number theory.

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Etta Zuber Falconer

Etta Zuber Falconer was an American mathematician and educator. She was one of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.

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Gloria Hewitt Conyers

Gloria Hewitt is an American mathematician who undertook research in algebra. She became the first African American woman to chair a university mathematics department in the United States.

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