One of the important and wonderful organizations to which I belong is the Association for Women in Mathematics -- and each year AWM conducts an essay contest -- an opportunity for students to interview a math-woman and write about it. Three categories of entries are open -- for middle school, high school, and college students, Essays are being accepted now and until February 1, 2025. More information is available here.
The Association for Women in Mathematics was established in 1971 -- after I had completed my school years as a lonely math-girl. I celebrate the changes that bring women to equality in mathematics -- but sometimes also remember the past; the poem below is a comment on my high school and college days.
What Math Teachers Do
raise my hand -- wave it
to ask questions, to
offer answers -- but
they call on the boys.
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