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Her X'S And Y'S: Limericks About Women Mathematicians, Marion D. Cohen
Her X'S And Y'S: Limericks About Women Mathematicians, Marion D. Cohen
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This poetry folder is just what its title says, limericks about women mathematicians. A few of them I’ve known personally, most not. There are, of course, many many many other women mathematicians; even though I write limericks prolifically, I could never finish writing about them all!
“All Of These Political Questions”: Anticommunism, Racism, And The Origin Of The Notices Of The American Mathematical Society, Michael J. Barany
“All Of These Political Questions”: Anticommunism, Racism, And The Origin Of The Notices Of The American Mathematical Society, Michael J. Barany
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
A recent controversy involving the Notices of the American Mathematical Society and questions of politics, racism, and the appropriate role of a professional mathematical organization began with a comparison to events the American Mathematical Society confronted in 1950. A close look at the AMS’s own archives for that period shows that the controversies that vexed the society around 1950 do indeed resonate strongly with those of today, but not in the ways recently suggested. Then, as now, the AMS confronted allegations of political and viewpoint discrimination in universities, the challenges of structural racism in American education and society, and the …
Women In Mathematics: An Historical Account Of Women's Experiences And Achievement, Kendra D. Huff
Women In Mathematics: An Historical Account Of Women's Experiences And Achievement, Kendra D. Huff
CMC Senior Theses
For a long time, women have struggled to gain complete acceptance in the mathematics field. The purpose of this paper is to explore the history of women in the field of mathematics, the impact and experiences of current female mathematicians, and the common trends for women in the mathematics field, through literature review and personal interviews. This paper looks at the lives of four famous female mathematicians, as well as female mathematicians in the Claremont Colleges who were interviewed for this paper. Specifically this paper examines the discrimination they faced and how they overcame this discrimination, as well as the …