Timeline of women in mathematics in the United States

There is a long history of women appearances in mathematics in the United States. All women mentioned here are American unless otherwise noted.

Timeline

1829: The first public test of an American girl in geometry was held.^[1]
1886: Winifred Edgerton Merrill became the first American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from Columbia University.^[2]

1956: Gladys West began collecting data from satellites at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Her calculations directly impacted the development of accurate GPS systems.^[3]
1983: Julia Robinson became the first female president of the American Mathematical Society, and the first female mathematician to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.^[4]
1995: Margaret H. Wright became the first female president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.^[4]

2004: Alison Miller became the first female gold medal winner on the U.S. International Mathematical Olympiad Team.^[5]
2019: Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win the Abel Prize.^[6]

↑ Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Susan B. Anthony; Matilda Joslyn Gage; Ida Husted Harper, eds. (1889). History of Woman Suffrage: 1848–1861, Volume 1. Susan B. Anthony. p. 36. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
↑ Susan E. Kelly & Sarah A. Rozner (28 February 2012). "Winifred Edgerton Merrill:"She Opened the Door"" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 59 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
↑ "How Gladys West uncovered the 'Hidden Figures' of GPS". GPS World. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
1 2 "Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians". agnesscott.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "Math Forum @ Drexel: Congratulations, Alison!". mathforum.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ Change, Kenneth (March 19, 2019). "Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Receive Abel Prize in Mathematics". New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2019.