Women Mathematicians
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some women mathematicians:
I. Hypatia
370? – 415
The life of Hypatia was one enriched with a passion for knowledge. Hypatia was the daughter of Theon, who was considered one of the most educated men in Alexandria, Egypt. Theon raised Hypatia in a world of education. Most historians now recognize Hypatia not only as a mathematician and scientist, but also as a philosopher.
II. Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia
June 5, 1646 – July 26, 1684
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia was born into a noble Venetian family on June 5, 1664 in Venice, Italy. Her father, Giovanni Baptista Cornaro, was the Procurator of San Marco and a highly esteemed Venetian. Elenas mother, Zanetta Giovanna Boni, was not a member of the privileged upper class prior to her marriage. Elenas father spent his life establishing the Cornaro name, a name which is to be remembered forever because of his eldest daughters intellect.
III. Maria Gaetana Agnesi
May 16, 1718 – January 9, 1799
Even though her contribution to mathematics is very important, Maria Gaetana Agnesi was not a typical famous mathematician. She led a quite simple life and she gave up mathematics very early.
IV. Florence Nightingale
May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910
Florence Nightingale is most remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. For most of her ninety years, Nightingale pushed for reform of the British military health-care system and with that the profession of nursing started to gain the respect it deserved. Unknown to many, however, was her use of new techniques of statistical analysis, such as during the Crimean War when she plotted the incidence of preventable deaths in the military.