Elizabeth Stephansen
Elizabeth Stephansen was a Norwegian mathematician and educator who was the first Norwegian woman to be awarded a doctoral degree in science.
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Annie MacKinnon Fitch
Annie MacKinnon was the third woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university. She was a postdoctoral student at Göttingen with Felix Klein, then a Professor of Mathematics at Wells College, New York. She gave up her career when she married Edward Fitch.
Pia Nalli
Pia Nalli was an Italian mathematician known for her work on algebraic geometry, functional analysis and tensor analysis.
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Cathleen Morawetz was a Canadian mathematician who worked on the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, particularly those of mixed type occurring in transonic flow.
Evelyn Nelson
Evelyn Nelson was a Canadian mathematician who worked in the area of universal algebra with applications to theoretical computer science.
Sun-Yung Alice Chang
Sun-Yung Alice Chang is a Chinese born American mathematician whose research interests include the study of certain geometric types of nonlinear partial differential equations and the related extremal inequalities and problems in isospectral geometry.
Olga Taussky-Todd
Olga Taussky-Todd was an Austrian-born mathematician who worked on algebraic number theory and matrix theory.
Amélie Harlay (Marie-Jeanne de Lalande)
Amélie Harlay was a French astronomer who published navigational tables and catalogues of stars.
Bernadette Perrin-Riou
Bernadette Perrin-Riou is a French mathematician who has made important contributions to number theory. She was awarded the 1999 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize from the American Mathematical Society.
Verdiana Masanja
Verdiana Masanja is the first Tanzanian woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics. She became a professor at the University of Dar es Salaam. She works to increase women’s participation in science, mathematics and technology education in Africa.