Grace Andrews (mathematician)

Grace Andrews (May 30, 1869 – July 27, 1951) was an American mathematician.

Andrews obtained her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1890. She received an A.M. from Columbia University in 1899 and a Ph.D. in 1901. She, along with Charlotte Angas Scott, was one of only two women listed in the first edition of American Men of Science, which appeared in 1906.[1]

She worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics for Barnard College from 1900 to 1902. She then served as accountant to the Treasurer for Wesleyan University from 1903 to 1926.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bailey, Martha J. (1994). American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO, Inc.. ISBN 0-87436-740-9. 
  2. ^ Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2009). Pioneering women in American mathematics: the pre-1940 PhDs. United States: American Mathematical Society. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=jUrq3bUvQlYC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=grace+andrews+mathematician&source=bl&ots=mFDqJ3FnxI&sig=fOD4QS6PxaGJt61ZlTAZuwSRbh0&hl=en&ei=4ZfaTbLOMqXb0QHK_oX8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 23 May 2011.