Women in mathematics

Their world-altering contributions include making hospitals safer, laying the groundwork for the computer, and advancing space flight.

Persons who have made it their mission to understand the nature of our universe have over the past millennia submitted that the universe is organized in a precise mathematical framework, such that all that happens in the world above and below is actually an effect of a series of mathematical causes. The Fibonacci Sequence, the...

Maryam Mirzakhani: First Woman awarded the Fields Medal ― “Nobel Prize for Mathematics”. “Maryam was a brilliant mathematical theorist, and also a humble person who accepted honors only with the hope that it might encourage others to follow her path. Her contributions as both a scholar and a role model are significant and enduring, and she will be dearly missed here at Stanford and around the world.” Gone too soon at age 40.

In 1958, Mary W. Jackson became NASA's first black female engineer and now the agency is renaming its Washington DC headquarters after her that sits on 'Hidden Figures Way.'

Celebrate science & women in STEM with these book recommendations from The Toy Store! It’s never too early or too late to start empowering young women to pursue their interests in science, tech, engineering & mathematics! These books are available in stores in Lawrence & Topeka + on our website (link is in our bio)! #womeninSTEM #stemeducation #readingrecommendations #smallbusiness #childrensbooks #localbookstore #shopsmall #lawrenceks #topekaks

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