Mary Gervase
Mary Gervase (* 1888 in Roxbury (Boston) , United States ; † 1926 ) was an American mathematician . She became the first woman to graduate from the Catholic University of America in mathematics in 1917 .
life and work
Gervase was born Helen Agnes Kelley in 1888. She graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1905 and joined the Community of the Sisters of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1906 . From 1908 to 1913 she taught at Halifax Public Schools, during which time she earned certificates from the University of London . In 1913 she studied at the Catholic Sisters College of the Catholic University of America , where she received her bachelor's degree in 1914 and her master's degree in 1915. In 1917 she received her doctorate there under Aubrey Edward Landry as the first woman at her alma mater in mathematics with the dissertation: On the Cardioids Fulfilling Certain Assigned Conditions.
literature
- Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5 .
- Helen Brewster Owens Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.
- Vita, PhD Thesis, University of Michigan Historical Math Collection.
Web links
- Biography at Biography of Women Mathematicians, Agnes Scott College
- Mary Gervase in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- Abstract of the dissertation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gervase, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelley, Sister Mary Gervase; Kelley, Helen Agnes (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxbury (Boston) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1926 |