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Many women have achieved in the mathematics field since the 1900’s. Especially women of color. No matter how young or old, these women have taken their careers in mathematics to an inspiring degree. Take the following women as examples, for they have created history in mathematics forever. Euphemia Lofton Haynes In 1943, Euphemia Lofton Haynes was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Ms. Haynes attended the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Ms. Haynes father, Dr

In my advance math decision-making (AMDM) class we were encouraged to look up a famous black mathematics for black history month, so we could see that there were black mathematician in the field of work. Therefore, I choose Marjorie lee Browne known for her gifted skills in math and for her electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College. Marjorie Lee Browne was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Mary Taylor Lee and Lawrence Johnson Lee on September 9, 1914, but sadly, her mother died

(n.d.). Elementary number Tnheory and its applications. The Mathematical Gazette, 162-162. Boyer, C., & Merzbach, U. (1991). A history of mathematics (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley. Connor, J. & Robertson, E. Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi. Retrieved from http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Khwarizmi

Leonhard Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel, Switzerland, Leonhard Euler was one of math's most pioneering thinkers, establishing a career as an academy scholar and contributing greatly to the fields of geometry, trigonometry and calculus. He released hundreds of articles and publications during his lifetime, and continued to publish after losing his sight. Euler showed an early aptitude and propensity for mathematics, and thus, after studying with Johan Bernoulli, he attended the University

Conflict and Labeling Theory Labeling theory is concerned less with that causes the onset of an initial delinquent act and more with the effect that official handling by police, courts, and correctional agencies has on the future of youths who fall into the court system. Labeling theory states that youths violate the law for a number of reasons; these reasons are poor family relationships, neighborhood conflict, peer pressure, psychological and biological abnormality and delinquent learning experiences

students consistently did much better in departmental oral examinations on material they'd studied with Cox than on material they'd studied with me or from our colleagues Woodward, Claytor, and others," Blackwell was quoted as saying in the American Mathematical Monthly article. At Cox's retirement, Howard University's president noted that the mathematician had supervised more masters' theses than any other member of the faculty. He remained a full professor in the department until his retirement in 1966

math enthusiasts for how to get kids intrigued, engaged, and challenged by mathematics. After much thought and reflection, I propose having Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals (http://jrmf.org/) at or near the White House or at the Mathematical Association of America, and across the country. Julia Robinson was a great mathematician who, along with two other mathematicians, was renowned for solving Hilbert’s tenth problem. The Festival problems are designed to inspire students to explore the richness

path which can be solved by completing the square. Pictured below is what a parabolic track would look like. Figure 5. Parabolic Graph Without the foundation that al-Khwarizmi laid out for all mathematicians to come, there would not be the mathematical field we know today. In every aspect of calculus, geometry and other forms of mathematics, the methods of reduction, completion and balancing come into play. The combinations that those three methods have created can be attributed to the many

Human Gender and Mathematics Is there a difference in the mathematical ability between men and women? Historians have no precise method of quantifying or comparing their individual accomplishments (Olsen). Not only in mathematics, but also in many other career areas in the past, women were looked upon as inferior to their male counterparts. Women were not encouraged to pursue a career in mathematics. Historically, women were seen working around the home, cleaning the house, taking care of the

but at its core the problem is not that complicated. The prominent issues that cause American students to lag behind are a result of the nation’s multiple separate education systems, parenting, the curriculum or specifically how it is taught. In America, the education system is not singular. All education systems in the United States are loosely regulated under the same federal rules; however, the federal government does not run the school districts. Instead, districts are operated by individual