Grace Andrews

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Grace Andrews (May 30, 1869 – July 27, 1951) was an American mathematician.

Andrews got her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1890. She got a master's degree from Columbia University in 1899 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1901. She was one of only two women listed in the first edition of American Men of Science, which appeared in 1906.[1] Charlotte Angas Scott, was the other female mathematician.

She worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics for Barnard College from 1900 to 1902. She then worked as accountant to the treasurer for Wesleyan University from 1903 to 1926.[2]

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  1. Bailey, Martha J. (1994). American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO, Inc. ISBN 0-87436-740-9.
  2. Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2009). Pioneering women in American mathematics: the pre-1940 PhDs. United States: American Mathematical Society. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Retrieved 23 May 2011.