{"id":1597,"date":"2018-04-26T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2023-01-30T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:13:16","slug":"women-in-mathematics-a-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/2018\/04\/26\/women-in-mathematics-a-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Mathematics: A History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<u><br \/>\nItems on Display:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Change Is Possible: Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics<\/em>, by Patricia Clark Kenschaft. 2000. Call # 510.82 K412c.<\/li>\n<li><em>European Women in Mathematics: Proceedings of the 13<sup>th<\/sup> General Meeting<\/em>, edited by Catherine Hobbs and Sylvia Paycha, 2007. Call # 510.82 Eu749e 2007.<\/li>\n<li><em>Julia Robinson and Hilbert\u2019s Tenth Problem<\/em>, produced and directed by George Paul Csicsery. 54:10 running time on DVD. Call # 510.92 R563j.<\/li>\n<li><em>Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD\u2019s<\/em>, by Judy Green and Jeanne LaDuke, 2009. Call # 510.820973 G823p.<\/li>\n<li><em>Winning Women Into Mathematics<\/em>, edited by Patricia Clark Kenschaft and Sandra Zaroodny Keith, 1991. Call # 510.82 W731.<\/li>\n<li><em>Women of Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook<\/em>, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, 1987. Call # 510.922 W842 cop. 2<\/li>\n<li><em>Women in Mathematics: Scaling the Heights<\/em>, edited by Deborah Nolan, 1997. Call # 510.820973 W842.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Other Books Available in the Illinois Catalog:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Complexities: Women in Mathematics<\/em>, edited by Bettye Anne Case and Anne M. Leggett, 2005. Call # 510.820973 C738.<\/li>\n<li><em>Equivalence: Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley<\/em>, by Amanda L. Golbeck, 2017. Call # 510.92<\/li>\n<li><em>Hidden Figures: The American Dream And The Untold Story Of The Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race<\/em>, by Margot Lee Shetterly, 2016. Call # 510.92520973 L515h.<\/li>\n<li><em>In Service To Mathematics: The Life And Work Of Mina Rees<\/em>, by Amy Shell-Gellasch, 2011. Call # 510.92 R259s.<\/li>\n<li><em>Julia: A Life in Mathematics<\/em>, by Constance Reid, 1996. Call # 510.92 R556j.<\/li>\n<li><em>Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America<\/em>, by Margaret A.M. Murray, 2000. Call # 510.820973 M965w<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Notable Groups\/Events on Campus for Female Mathematicians:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/math.illinois.edu\/academics\/graduate-program\/women-mathematics\">Association for Women in Mathematics<\/a> (AWM), which \u201c[encourages] women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and [promotes] equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/math.illinois.edu\/sonia-math-day\">Sonia Math Day<\/a>, a yearly event ran by the AWM for girls in grades 8 through 12 to explore math in a fun, hands-on environment. The day is named after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Sofya-Vasilyevna-Kovalevskaya\">Sofia Kovalevskaya<\/a>, a Russian mathematician who was the first woman to receive a doctorate in math and made significant progress in the field of partial differential equations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housing.illinois.edu\/living-communities\/llc\/wimse\">Women in Math, Science, and Engineering<\/a> (WIMSE) is an on-campus residence for undergraduate female students at Illinois to live with fellow women scientists and engineers in an academically supportive dormitory space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Further Reading<\/u>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agnesscott.edu\/lriddle\/women\/women.htm\">Biographies of Women Mathematicians<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathunion.org\/imu-awards\/icm-emmy-noether-lecture\">ICM Emmy Noether Lecture<\/a> (honoring women who have contributed greatly to math) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/women-in-mathematics-history-3530363\">11 Amazing Women in Mathematics History<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A special thanks to Sarah Hayes, Grainger Engineering Library Graduate Assistant, for creating this Mathematics Library exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}