A Reflection on Selected Woman in Mathematics

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Florence Nightingale David was born in Ivington, which is a small town in England. Her parents were both teacher directors teaching in elementary school. Florence had completed school and graduated with a major in math from Bedford College for Women. She always wanted to become an actuarial, but back then they didn't really accept women into society just yet. Woman back then were always discriminated and even though she found a job of becoming an actuarial she was then rejected, after that she kept on going and never gave up.
Eventually, she taught Statistics at the University College London, While she was persistent in her studies in Statistics. Then Neyman, who was also a mathematician; who stood firm about Florence achieving a Doctorate. She was then endowed with a Ph. D in the year 1938 and carried on with teaching until the beginning of WWII. She was rewarded as a professor of Statistics and she had received recognition. Then from there she continued on with schooling at California.
During 1968, she was the Chair of Statistics and she had earned her place. Other mathematicians were trying to bring her down, but she had fought them back with every power that she had. Plus, on top of what she had succeeded to do she had become an emeritus professor around 1977 in California. She then continued on being a specialist with the United States forestry Service. Awards were given to her such as Teaching Award from University of California and the Elizabeth L. Scott Award. At the age of 83 she died of lung cancer at her home in California.
Mina Spiegel Rees, a women from Cleveland, Ohio born on August 2, 1902 and died on October 25, 1997. She had grown up in New York City and had gone to Hunter College High School and graduated 1...

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...warded along the road. If I keep working hard it will always stay that way because with woman now in society it is more uncomplicated. We can have the jobs that we always wanted to or majors and doctorates. I wouldn't take advantage of that because for those who didn't they worked hard so that I can have the degree that I want.
I know now that I can succeed in anything if I put my mind into it and I know that sounds so basic and plain but it is true. me being a woman as a first year student in college just makes me feel courageous. I some meaning because not only am I just a student first year in college, but I am a woman. I know very well enough to be putting everything that I worked for into my studies. Many woman before me have worked so hard just so I can stand here in this earth to be able to have a chance to do what I want to do and I thank them for that.

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