Learn of MATH WOMEN in POEMS!

 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WOMAN

Sunday, March 8, 2020

      Often it is difficult to find time for history in mathematics courses.  One rather concise way that some of us introduce math personalities into the classroom is through poetry.  Today, as part of Women's History Month, I offer links back to a sample of poems in previous postings that celebrate math-women.

Amalie "Emmy" Noether (1882–1935)
     Following stanzas about Noether's life and achievements, the poem ends with these lines:
                    Today, history books proclaim that Noether 
                    is the greatest mathematician
                    her sex has produced. They say she was good
                    for a woman. 
Philippa Fawcett (1868-1946)
Sophie Germain (1776-1831)
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1988)
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Sophia Kovalevsky (1850-1891)
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)                                                   and there are more . ..

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