Anna Helene Palmie

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Anna Helene Palmie (born May 21, 1863 in Brooklyn , New York , United States , † June 12, 1946 ) was an American mathematician and university professor. She became a professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland when she was 32.

life and work

Palmie studied mathematics at Cornell University and received a bachelor's degree in 1890 . She then stayed for a year as a doctoral student in mathematics at Cornell, continued her mathematics studies at the University of Chicago in 1896 and in 1898 at the Georg-August University of Göttingen . After a brief stint as a math and German teacher at the Horace Mann School , she became a math teacher at the Flora Stone Mather College Historic District , the women's college at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , in 1892set. In 1893 she was promoted to associate professor, in 1895 to professor and from 1928 to 1946 she was professor emeritus at this institution. In 1897 she became an active member of the American Mathematical Society , attended meetings, and lectured.

literature

  • Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5 .
  • Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-92038-4
  • American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, Jaques Cattell, Editor, Science Press, 1944, p1348.
  • American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary, Martha Bailey, Editor, ABC-CLIO, 1994, p289.
  • Fenster, Della D. and Karen H. Parshall, "Women in the American Mathematical Research Community: 1891-1906" in The History of Modern Mathematics, Vol. III, E. Knobloch and D. Rowe, Editors. Academic Press, Inc., 229-261.
  • Joan Siegel, Kay Thomas Finley: Women in the Scientific Search: An American Bio-bibliograhy 1724-1979, Scarecrow Press, 1985, p214.
  • BetseyWhitman: "Women in the American Mathematical Society before 1900," AWM Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 5 (Sept / Oct 1983), 7-9.

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personal data
SURNAME Palmie, Anna Helene Palmie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1946