Achsah Mount Ely studied at Vassar College, beginning in 1865, the year teaching began there. She taught at several other institutions before becoming Head of Mathematics at Vassar College. In 1891, she became one of the first two women to join the New York Mathematical Society.
Mary Watson Whitney was a mathematician and astronomer who wrote around 70 astronomy papers, and directed the Vassar College Observatory. She was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.
Engineer who started out as a mathematician.
Astronomer and mathematician who did calculations on the Ephemeres of the Sun for the Nautical Almanac and work on comet orbits.
Kathleen Booth was a computing pioneer, who helped with the crystallography analysis that contributed to the DNA structure, was a co-designer of one of the first 3 operational computers in the world, and author of 2 of the earliest books on computer design and programming.
British aeronautical researcher.
British mathematician and aerodynamicist
American astronomer and mathematician. She was director of the Smith College Observatory for 19 years and was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.
Susan Jane Cunningham was a mathematician and astronomer who founded the Mathematics and Astronomy Departments at Swarthmore College. She was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.
Margaret Rowbotham was a mathematician, engineer and campaigner for the rights of women at work, and founder member of the Women’s Engineering Society.