MATHEMATICS

ABEL PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS 2019

Karen Uhlenbeck, a mathematician and emeritus professor at the University of Texas at Austin, is the first woman to win the Abel Prize for mathematics, one of the most prestigious mathematics prizes in the world.

https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/karen-uhlenbeck-first-woman-to-win-abel-prize-in-math.html

The International Mathematical Union established an award to honor excellence in mathematicians under the age of 40. The award was named after Canadian mathematician John C. Fields, and has often been described as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics.” The Fields Medal has been awarded every four years since 1936. Up to four outstanding mathematicians can be honored at once, but 2014 is the first time a woman has been honored with the prize. Maryam Mirzakhani is a professor at Stanford University who was recognized for "her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.”

https://www.iflscience.com/technology/iranian-becomes-first-woman-ever-win-nobel-prize-mathematics/

Hidden Figures tells the incredible real-life story of three black female mathematicians who fought against segregation, discrimination and sexism to work and excel at NASA during the Space Race – making and changing history in the process. Clickview link to the film.

10 female mathematicians who changed the world including Hypatia, Sophie Germain, Caroline Herschel, Ada Lovelace, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Emmy Noether, Florence Nightingale, Joan Clarke, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Radia Perlman. Article

Augusta Ada Lovelace is known as the first computer programmer.

https://www.famousscientists.org/ada-lovelace/

New Yorker Article