Welcome to the web site for biographies of women in mathematics. These pages are part of an on-going project at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Here you can find biographical essays or comments on the women mathematicians profiled on this site, as well as additional resources about women in mathematics. Each time this page is reloaded, a randomly selected photo is displayed to the left (if Javascript is enabled). Click on the image to go to the profile of that woman.

We also welcome contributions of biographical information or essays from those outside Agnes Scott College. If you are interested in contributing an essay, please send your contribution to the email address below. Comments, suggestions, or corrections can also be sent to this address.

• Names in Alphabetical Order
• Names in Chronological Order
• Interactive Timeline (New!)
• Names by Location of Birth (including a Google Map view)
• Other Resources about Women Mathematicians
• The First Ph.D's in Mathematics by Women before 1930
• Prizes, Awards and Honors for Women Mathematicians
• Birth and Death Anniversaries
• Photo Credits
• Search the site

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Did you know? (See the Archive for past announcements)

• The 2015 Class of the Fellows of the American Mathematical Society includes seven women among the total of 63 Fellows. They are Kristin Lauter, Gordana Matic, Irina Mitrea, Andrea Nahmod, Brooke Shipley, Christina Sormani, and Irena Lasiecka. See the complete list from the AMS.
   
• Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Hughes, founders of the EDGE program, will be presented with a Presidential Award from the Association for Women in Mathematics at the AWM Research Symposium 2015, to be held at the University of Maryland on April 11-12, 2015.
   
• The International Congress of Women Mathematicians 2014 (ICWM 2014) was successfully held on August 12th and 14th in Seoul, Korea with over 500 attendees representing more than 50 countries. Information about ICWM 2014 including the program book and the photos of the attendees of the meeting can be found on the website http://www.icwm2014.org.
   
• The African Mathematical Union Commission for Women and Mathematics in Africa (AMUCWMA) 2015 Conference / Workshop will take place at Bandari College in Mombasa, Kenya from July 16-18, 2015. The theme of the conference/workshop is "Women in Mathematics for Social Change and Sustainable Livelihoods". The conference is supported by CIMPA and is intended for African women mathematicians and women postgraduate students in Mathematical Sciences in Africa. For detailed information, contact Prof. Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, President of the AMUCWMA (omfrancoise@yahoo.fr).
   
• Congratulations to Maryam Mirzakhani, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, for becoming the first woman to win a Fields Medal!
   
• In March 2013 the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) approved the establishment of an Advisory Group for Women in Mathematics, charged with creating and overseeing a section of the IMU website entitled Women in Mathematics (WiM). Opportunities for women vary widely from country to country and a main aim is to enhance the participation of women in all mathematical communities. The new WiM site launched at the International Congress of Women Mathematicians on August 12th just prior to the International Congress of Mathematics, at the address http://www.mathunion.org/wim/. The site includes information about organizations, people, events, resources and initiatives of interest to women mathematicians world-wide.
   
• The third European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad took place in Antalya, Turkey, April 10-16, 2014. The competition, inspired by the China Girls' Math Olympiad, is similar in style to the International Mathematical Olympiad, with two tests taken on consecutive days. Participating countries send teams consisting of their strongest four high-school-age, female mathematicians. The girls who represented the United States, Danielle Wang, Alicia Weng, Victoria Xia, and Rachel Zhang, took second place (behind Ukraine). Read more about their accomplishments in the online article from the June/July issue of MAA Focus (page 11).

AWM Biographies Contest

To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics sponsors an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. This contest is open to students in the following categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and College Undergraduate. At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category. Winners will receive a prize, and their essays will be published online at the AWM website. Additionally, a grand prize winner will have his or her submission published in the AWM Newsletter. For more information and to see the results of past Essay Contests, go to http://www.awm-math.org/biographies/contest.html.

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