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Women in Mathematics
Supporting the next generation of women in mathematics
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Maryam Mirzakhani
1977-2017
Made exceptional contributions to the study of the dynamics and geometry of mathematical objects called Riemann surfaces.
She was a professor at Stanford University and held a Ph.D from Harvard University. In 2014, she was the first woman, and first Iranian, to be awarded a Fields Medal for “her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces”.
Katherine Johnson
1918 – 2020
She joined NASA in 1953 and her contributions in orbital mechanics were crucial to the success of the USA’s aeronautics and space programmes.
In 2015, she was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama for her important work as a mathematician, physicist and space scientist as a woman of colour.
Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright
1900-1998
She was not only the first woman to obtain a first in her university degree, but also one of the first mathematicians to study what is now known as chaos theory. She was the first woman to receive the Sylvester Medal, the first woman to be President of the Mathematical Association and the first woman to be President of the London Mathematical Society.