Women
Abstract Women in the world of mathematics is a subject that people rarely hear about. The only time they do is if she’s math teacher. What many do not know is that women have made extremely important contributions to the world of mathematics. Women have been documented to be involved in mathematics since as early as the fifth century A.D. Women such as: Hypatia, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Sophie Germain, Emmy Noether, Ruth Moufang and Sun-Yung Alice Chang. These women have lived through difficult times such as women’s oppression, the French Revolution, World War I and II, which included Hitler’s administration over women’s schooling, and social prejudices. However, this did not stop their yearning for math. These women combined have earned many different awards, specifically ones usually given to men. They have conquered the biases people have had towards them and made what they do best count. Many of their theorems and equations are still used today, and some are even being
In order to make women recognized in the field of mathematics, educators need to spend time teaching their students that math is not just for males. Because of the contributions of the math exploration has been furthered and many questions have been answered, although some are still to this day unresolved. Hypatia (370-415 AD) Hypatia is the first, truly documented woman mathematician. Her works have given way to famous male mathematicians such as Newton, Descartes, and Leibniz. Raised in ancient Egypt during the time that Christianity started to take over many other religions, it was hard for Hypatia to study anything in males dominated many fields of study. Hypatia was looked at, though, as a woman of strong character, orator, astrologist, astronomist, and mathematician. Raised mostly by her father, Theon, a known mathematician of the times, Hypathia gained a lot of knowledge at a young age. She studied under her father’s supervision which gave her the wanting to know the unknown. Hyapthia made many contributions to the stud
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