Grace Andrews (mathematician)

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

About

Andrews obtained her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1890.[1] She received an A.M. from Columbia University in 1899 and a Ph.D. in 1901.[2] She, along with Charlotte Angas Scott, was one of only two women listed in the first edition of American Men of Science, which appeared in 1906.[3]

She worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics for Barnard College from 1900 to 1902. She then served as accountant to the Treasurer for Wesleyan University from 1903 to 1926.[1]

References

  1. 1 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. Biography on p.27-268 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
  2. ↑ Grace Andrews at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ↑ Bailey, Martha J. (1994). American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO, Inc. ISBN 0-87436-740-9.


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