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A

Aganice, (circa 1878 BCE)
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718 - 1799)
Agnesi, Maria Gaetena (1718 - 1799)
Agnesi, Maria Gatan
Allen, Florence Eliza (c. 1876 - 1960)
Andrews, Annie Dale Biddle (1885 - 1940)
Ardinghelli, Maria Angela (1728 - 1825
Ayrton, Hertha (1854 - 1923)
Ayrton, Hertha Marks (1854 - 1923)

B

Bacon, Clara Latimer (1866 - 1948)
Baker, Christina L. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Ball, Deborah Loewenberg
Barbapiccola (middle ages)
Bareis, Grace M. (1875 - 1962)
Bari, Nina Karlovna (1901 - 1961)
Bari, Ruth Aaronsom (1917 - 2005 )
Barnes, Mabel Schmeiser (1905 - 1993 )
Barnum, Charlotte (1860-1934)
Baxter, Agnes (1870-1917)
Barrett, Lida (1927 - )
Beaver, Olga
Beichl, Isabel
Bellow, Alexandra(1935-)
Bellow, Alexandra
Benedict, Suzan Rose(1873-1942)
Bennett, Elizabeth R. (1880-1972)
Berens, Regina M. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Bernstein, Dorothy Lewis (1914-1988)
Birman, Joan S. (c.1926 - )
Birman, Joan S. (c.1926 - )
Blanch, Gertrude(1898-1996)
Bloom, Laura A. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Blum, Lenore (1943-)
Blum, Lenore S. (1943 - )
Boole, Mary Everett(1832-1916)
Borok, Valentina Mikhailovna(1931 - 2004)
Borromeo, Celia Grillo (middle ages)
Brenan, Kathryn E. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Brewster, Mary E.
Browne, Marjorie Lee (1914-1979)
Burns, Josephine E.(1887 - 1969)
Burns, Marilyn

C

Caldwell, Patricia A.
Callahan, Jacquie
Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy (1900 - 1998)
Cartwright, Mary
Chang, Rosemary E.
Chang, Rosemary S.
Chang, Sun-Yung Alice S. (1948 - )
Chang, Sun-Yung Alice (1948-) $[American Mathematical Society]$
Chang, Sun-Yung Alice (1948- )
Chapman, Sharon
Chatelet, Emilie du (1706-1749)
Chinn, Phyllis Z.
Chisolm Young, Grace
Choquet-Bruhat, Yvonne (1923- )
Chung, Fan (1949 - )
Chung Graham, Fan (1949 - )
Cinquini-Cibrario, Maria(1905-1992)
Cottingham, Judith G. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Cox, Gertrude Mary (1900-1978)
Cox, Gertrude
Cummings, Louise Duffield (1870-1947)
Cunningham, Susan Jane (1842-1921)

D

Daubechies, Ingrid
Daubechies, Ingrid (1954- )
David, Florence Nightingale (1909-1993)
Dickerman, Elizabeth(1872 - 1954)
Driscoll, Agnes Meyer(1889 - 1971)

E

En Hedu'Anna (circa 2354 BCE)
Epp, Susanna S.

F

Falconer, Etta (1933 - 2002)
Falconer, Etta (1933 - 2002)
Fasenmyer, Sister Mary Celine (1906 - 1996 )
Fenchel, Kate (1905 - 1983 )
Ferrand, Jacqueline (1918 - )
Ferrini-Mundy, Joan
Fitch, Annie MacKinnon (1868 - 1940)
Fenchel, Kate(1905 - 1983)
Flugge-Lotz, Irmgard(1903 - 1974)
Flugge-Lotz, Irmgard (1903 - 1974)
Fisher, Naomi
Focke, Anne Bosworth (1868 - 1907 )
Fonseca, Irene (1956 - )
Freitag, Herta Taussig (1908 - 2000)

G

Geiringer von Mises, Hilda (1893-1973)
Geiringer von Mises, Hilda
Gentry, Ruth(1862-1917)
Germain, Sophie(1776-1831)
Germain, Sophia (1776- 1831)
Sophie Germain (1776-1831)
Germain, Marie-Sophie (1776-1831)
Gilmer, Gloria
Goldin, Rebecca
Gonzalez, Ruth
Gordon, Carolyn S.
Granville, Evelyn Boyd (1924 - )
Granville, Evelyn Boyd (1924 - )
Gray, Mary (1939 - )

H

Hagood, Margaret Jarman (1935-1989)
Hay, Louise (1935-1989)
Hayes, Ellen Armanda (1851-1930)
Haynes, Nola (1897- )
Hazlett, Olive Clio (1890-1974)
Hennel, Cora Barbara (1886-1947)
Herschel, Caroline (1750-1848)
Hewitt, Gloria (1935-)
Hopper, Grace Brewster Murray (1906-1992)
Hopper, Grace (1906 - 1992)
Hopper, Grace Brewster Murray (1906-1992)
Horton, Goldie Prentis (1887-1972)
Huggins, Margaret Murray(1848 - 1916)
Hughes-Hallett, Deborah
Hunt, Fern Y. $[American Mathematical Society]$
Hunt, Fern Y.
Hypatia (c. 370 - 415)
Hypatia (c. 370 - 415)
Hypatia (c. 370 - 415)

I

J

Janovskaja, Sof'ja Aleksandrovna (1896 - 1966)
Janovskaja, Sof'ja Aleksandrovna (1896 - 1966)
Jitomirskaya, Svetalana (1966 - )
Jitomirskaya, Svetalana (1966 - )

K

Karp, Carol (1926-1972)
Katok, Svetlana
Keen, Linda (1940- )
Keen, Linda
Kendall, Claribel (1889-1965)
Kenschaft, Patricia Clark
Kimbell, Julia S.
King, Ada Byron (Countess of Lovelace) (1815-1852)
Kobayashi, Mei
Kopell, Nancy
Kopell, Nancy
Kopell, Nancy
Kovalevskia, Sofia (1850 - 1891)
Kovalevskaya, Sonya (1850-1891)
Kovalevskaya, Sofia Vasilyevna (1850-1891)
Kramer, Edna E. (1902-1984)
Krieger, Cecilia (1894-1974)
Kuperberg, Krystyna (1944- )

L

Ladd-Franklin, Christine (1847-1930)
Ladyzhenskaya, Olga Alexandrovna (1922 - 2004 )
Lappan, Glenda T.
Lasser, Edna Kramer (1902 - 1984)
Layton, Katherine Puckett
Lasthenia, (ancient Greece)
Lehr, Marguerite (1898-1988)
Litvinova, Elizaveta Fedorovna (1845-1919)
Litzinger, Marie (1899-1952)
Logsdon, Mayme I. (1881-1967)
Lovelace, Ada Byron (1815-1852)
Lovelace, Ada Byron (1815-1852) Article and links on createqr.net
Lovelace, Lady Augusta Ada Byron (1815 - 1851)

M

Macintyre, Sheila Scott (1910-1960)
MacWilliams, F. Jessie (1917-1990)
MacWilliams, F. Jessie
Maddison, Ada Isabel (1869-1950)
Malone-Mayes, Vivienne (1932-1995)
Martin, Emilie Norton (1932 - 1995)
Maslennikova, Vera Nikoaevna (1926- )
McDuff, Dusa (1945- )
McDuff, Dusa
McDuff, Dusa
Merrill, Helen Abbot (1864-1949)
Merrill, Winifred Edgerton (1862-1951)
Metcalf, Ida (Ph.D. 1893)
Morawetz, Cathleen (1923 - )
Morawetz, Cathleen (1923 - )
Morawetz, Cathleen
Morawetz, Cathleen
Morawetz, Cathleen
Moufang, Ruth (1905-1977)
Moufang, Ruth (1905-1977)

N

Neumann, Hanna (1914-1971)
Nelson, Evelyn M. (1943-1987)
Neumann, Hanna (1914-1971)
Newson, Mary Frances Winston (1869-1959)
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
Noether, Emmy (1882-1935)
Noether, Emmy Amalie (1882-1935)
Noether, Emmy (1882-1935)
Noether, Amalie "Emmy" (1882 - 1935)
Norwood, Janet

O

Donna D. Ohnmeiss $[American Mathematical Society]$
Oleinik, Olga (1925 - )
Oleinik, Olga Arsen'enva (1925- )
Oleinik, Olga (1925 - )
Ollerenshaw, Dame Kathleen Timpson (1912 - )
Ollerenshaw, Dame Kathleen Timpson (1912 - )
Orshansky, Mollie (1915 - 2006 )
Owens, Helen Brewster (1881-1968)

P - Q

Palmie, Anna Helene (1863 - 1946)
Parimala, Raman May (1948 - )
Pasik-Duncan, Bozenna
Peirce, Leona May (1863 - 1954)
Pengra, Charlotte Elvira (1875 - 1916)
Perrin-Riou, Bernadette (1955 - )
Péter, Rózsa (1905 - 1977)
Piccard, Sophie (1904 - 1990)
Piscopia, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro (1646 - 1684)
Pless, Vera (1931 - )
Pollatsek, Harriet S.
Porter, Freda (1957 - )
Praeger, Cheryl (1948 - )

R

Radunskaya, Ami
Ragsdale, Virginia (1870-1945 )
Rasiowa, Helena
Ratner, Marina (1938 - )
Rees, Mina Spiegel (1902-1997)
Rees, Mina (1902- )
Reid, Nancy (1952 - )
Reid, Nancy
Reinhardt, Anna Barbara
Robinson, Julia Bowman (1919 - 1985)
Robinson, Julia Bowman (1919 - 1985) pdf file of article written for AMS Notices by Constance Reid, sister of Julia Robinson.
Robinson, Julia Bowman (1919 - 1985)
Robinson, Julia Bowman (1919 - 1985)
Roitman, Judith
Rothschild, Linda Preiss (1945 - )
Rothschild, Linda (1945 - )
Rudin, Mary Ellin (1924 - )
Rudin, Mary Ellen (1924- )
de Ruiz, Kaye A.

S

de Sadofsky, Cora Ratto (1912 - 1981)
Sally, Judith
Sally, Judith
Sanderson, Mildred Leonora (1889 - 1914)
Sargent, Winifred Lydia Caunden (1905 - 1979)
Scanlon, Jane Cronin
Scanlon, Jane Cronin
Schafer, Alice T. (1915 - 2009 )
Schafer, Alice Turner (1915 - 2009)
Schattschneider, Doris
Scott, Charlotte Angas (1858-1931)
Scott, Charlotte Angas (1858-1931)
Scott, Elizabeth Leonard (1917 - 1988)
Shields, Linda
Selden, Annie
Shure, Patricia D.
Sibner, Lesley
Sibner, Lesley
Simons, Lao Genevra (1870-1949)
Simpson, Mary Constance (1901 - )
Sinclair, Mary Emily (1878-1955)
Smith, Clara Eliza (1865-1943)
Smith, Karen E.(1965-)
Smith, Karen (1965 - )
Smith, Martha K.
Somervillie, Mary Fairfax Greig (1780-1872)
Somerville, Mary Fairfax (1780-1872)
Sperry, Pauline (1885-1967)
Sperry, Pauline (1885 - 1967)
Srinivasan, Bhama (1935 - )
Srinivasan, Bhama (1935- )
Stanley, Ann
Steele, Catherine Cassels (1903 - )
Stephansen, Mary Ann Elizabeth (1872 - 1961)
Stott, Alicia Boole (1860-1940)
Stott, Alicia Boole (1860 - 1940)
Swain, Mary (1891 - 1936) )
Swain, Lorna Mary (1891 - 1936 )

T

Taussky-Todd, Olga (1906 - 1995)
Taussky-Todd, Olga (1906 - 1995)
Taylor, Jean E.
Taylor, Jean(1944 - )
Tern, Chuu-Lian
Terras, Audrey A.
Theano (ancient Greece)
Theano(Ancient Greece)
Themista (ancient Greece)
Thomas, M. Carey (18th century)
Thompson, Virginia
Todd, Olga Taussky (1906 - 1995)
Tornrose, Mary Kay
Turner, Bird Margaret (1877 - 1962)

U

Uhlenbeck, Karen (1942 - )
Uhlenbeck, Karen (1942 - )
Uraltseva, Nina(1935 - )

V

Velez-Rodriguez, Argelia (1936 - )
Vitulli, Marie A. (1949 - )
Vivian, Roxana Hayward (1871 - 1961 )
Vogtmann, Karen

W

Warfield, Virginia McShane
Weiss, Mary Catherine Bishop (1930-1966)
Wheeler, Anna Pell (1883-1966)
Wheeler, Mary F.
Wheeler, Mary F. (1931 - )
Wiegand, Sylvia Young(1945 - )
Wheeler, Mary F. (1931- )
Willis, Catherine
Williams, Grace Alele
Wood, Melanie
Wood, Ruth Goulding (1875 - 1935 )
Wright, Margaret
Wright, Margaret
Wright, Margaret
Wrinch, Dorothy Maud $[American Mathematical Society]$
Wu, Sijue (1964 - )

X-Y-Z

Young, Anna Irwin (1873 - 1920)
Young, Grace Chisholm (1868 - 1944)
Young, Lai-Sang (1952 - )
Young, Lai-Sang (1952 - )

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