Category: Female Mathematician

Maths Crush Everyday: Maryam Mirzakhani

October 8, 2018

Our Math Crush Everyday icon for today is Maryam Mirzakhani. Maryam was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics. On 13th August 2014, she became the first woman to win the Fields Medal (an equivalence of Nobel prize in Maths). Continue to rest on in Hyperbolic Geometry.

This Lady is a Human Computer

January 2, 2016

A human calculator that solved the most complex of Math problems with unimaginable ease, Shakuntala Devi was an Indian gem by all means. But more than anything else, I see her as a genius of a woman who is a counter to the popular absurd notion that says- women are mathematically challenged.

Female University Student Asked In Class If She Was Majoring In Mathematics To Learn The Ratio Of Ingredients Needed For Cooking

December 6, 2015

Dr Arese Carrington, Vice- President, Africana Consultants USA, was in Uniben recently to deliver a talk during the first eminent lecture series titled, “The Female Imperative in The New Africa”. She shared quite a few insights  on women related issues. Dr Arese implored Nigerian women to get involved in leadership activities so as not to … More Female University Student Asked In Class If She Was Majoring In Mathematics To Learn The Ratio Of Ingredients Needed For Cooking