Gilmer was also the first Black math teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools. Former Milwaukee math teacher, international researcher and leader in the field of ethnomathematics Gloria Ford Gilmer is the ...

Gloria Ford Gilmer ― a former Milwaukee teacher, international researcher and leader in the field of ethnomathematics ― has become the first Black woman mathematician to have her research papers and ...

Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101. As a historian of mathematics, I have studied women ...

REPORTER: THE LATE GLORIA FORD GILMER’S PASSION FOR MATH STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE. GROWING UP IN BALTIMORE, SHE SPENT MANY AFTERNOONS AND WEEKENDS WORKING AT HER DAD’S CORNER STORE. SHE SHARED THOSE ...

Ukrainian Maryna Viazovska was named on Tuesday as one of four recipients of the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious accolades in mathematics, becoming just the second woman to be honored since ...

Math anxiety is a real thing. In fact, women struggle with a fear of math more than their male counterparts. According to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, that fear ...

Happy Pi Day! Cheers to black female mathematicians. Today, March 14 (3/14), marks the annual celebration because the date represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant π (pi), ...

An academic, professional and personal development seminar series presented by leading female mathematicians to offer support, encouragement and advice to female staff and students. All members of the ...

University of Chicago Mathematics Graduate Students Julia Bower, Abba Newton, and Frances Baker in 1933. Gift of Julia Bower. (2006.3037.02) During the last third of the nineteenth century American ...

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is one of the nation’s hidden figures. She made history as one of the first Black women to work as a NASA scientist. In 1961, Johnson calculations put the first ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An autobiographical account of being a woman mathematician in India draws on personal experiences to look at the interactions between gender, ...