Olive Clio Hazlett
by BRIDGES 2012 Poetry-with-Mathematics Workshop participants
by BRIDGES 2012 Poetry-with-Mathematics Workshop participants
This woman was born in 1890.
This woman received a PhD from the University of Chicago
This woman received a PhD from the University of Chicago
in 1915.
This woman's dissertation concerned nilpotent algebras and
This woman's dissertation concerned nilpotent algebras and
it was published in the American Journal of Mathematics.
This woman did research at Harvard.
This woman taught at Mt Holyoke but was dissatisfied
This woman did research at Harvard.
This woman taught at Mt Holyoke but was dissatisfied
with the time allowed for research.
This woman served twelve years as editor of the Transactions
of the American Mathematical Society.
This woman served twelve years as editor of the Transactions
of the American Mathematical Society.
This woman was unhappy.
This woman taught algebra and differential and integral calculus
This woman taught algebra and differential and integral calculus
at the University of Illinois and differentiated herself.
This woman complained about assignments to teach
This woman complained about assignments to teach
large service courses.
This woman wrote more papers than any other
pre-1940 American woman mathematician.
This woman wore her hair in a bun and, during lectures,
This woman wrote more papers than any other
pre-1940 American woman mathematician.
This woman wore her hair in a bun and, during lectures,
wisps of hair hung down around her face.
This woman's manner frightened students.This woman was unhappy.
This woman taught mathematics to Paul Halmos.
This woman suffered mental illness.
This woman wrote the article on "quaternions"
for the 14th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
This woman took a leave for war work during 1944-45.
This woman lived 83 years.
Contributors to this Exquisite Corpse poem -- a poem with lines written by multiple authors who are writing without knowing what the others are saying -- include these members of the BRIDGES 2012 poetry workshop:
Drew, Janice, JoAnne, Justin, Laura, Marion, Sarah, and Tatiana.
After the workshop, one of the students remarked that in our group poem she felt at ease mentioning "negative" qualities such as "dissatisfied" and "unhappy" whereas, if she had been writing the poem on her own, she might have felt obliged to keep all of the statements positive. This comment is something I will ponder about. My first thought is to agree that the group authorship offers a sort of freedom.The website author for the biographical material used for developing the poem is Lawrence "Larry" Riddle of Agnes Scott College. The source biography is found here.
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