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In honour of an amazing black history woman in history, Euphemia Haynes. Do you know her?⁠

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Euphemia Lofton Haynes was born on 11 September 1890, in Washington, D.C., United States, she is among the first woman achievers in history. ⁠

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At age 53, she became the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics which she earned from the Catholic University of America in 1943. She graduated with a major in mathematics from Smith College in 1914 and earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in psychology in 1914. Later, she earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Chicago in 1930. ⁠

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In 1930 she created and chaired the mathematics department at Miner’s Teacher’s College now the University of the District of Columbia, retiring from that position after 30 years. ⁠

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Afterwards, she served as president of the Washington, D.C. Board of Education from 1960 to 1968. She was the first African American woman to hold this position. ⁠

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She was active in many churches, community, and women’s groups, including the NAACP and the American Association of Academic Women. She advocated for the desegregation of public schools. She received an award from the Pope, and a Washington DC school is named after her. ⁠

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The amazing Euphemia Haynes died in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 1980. She was 90 years old.⁠

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Slavery and Remembrance: In honor of Mary prince⁠

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Mary Prince was born to enslaved parents in Bermuda in 1788. She was brought to London in the 1820s by her owners, the Woods. After years of mistreatment, she wanted to return to her home, to her husband, as a free woman and decided to negotiate with her owner, but he would not free her on any terms.⁠

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It was then decided that her case must be presented to the British Parliament. On June 24, 1829, her petition was presented to parliament. Sadly, it was unsuccessful. After that, her story was published in a pamphlet to point out the different issues enslaved people in the British colonies faced. ⁠

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She became the first black woman to narrate a slave story titled, The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself. ⁠

The story was in fact instrumental in creating awareness about the status of slavery in the British Colonies, culminating in the total abolishment of slavery six months later on 28 August 1833.⁠

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Happy Birthday, Janet Collins! She’d been practicing for years just for this moment. She floated onto the stage with a poise that had their mouths on the floor. As she’d hoped, the company wanted her as their star ballerina – but only on one racist condition. #PushBlack #BlackHistory #JanetCollins #BlackBallerina

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Black Education in America- Celebrating Women’s History Month

Doubleheader

As Women’s History rapidly closes, it was decided by the vast team of educators who contribute to the blog that we do a doubleheader and honor women in fields long unexplored. Happy trails as we close with a bang. These are some powerhouse chicks

STEM

Bessie Blount Griffin-Physical Therapist, Betty Harris-Chemist, Mary Styles Harris-Genecist, Alma Levant Hayden-Chemist, Euphemia Lofton Haynes-Mathematician (First African American woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics), Ruby Puryear Hearn-Biophysicist, Gloria Conyers Hewitt -Mathematician, Mary Elliot Hill-Chemist, Stephanie Hill-Engineer, Jane Hinton- Veterinarian, Esther Hopkins - Chemist, Ruth Winifred Howard-Psychologist, Fern Hunt-Mathematician,

POLITICS

Condaleezza Rice-Secretary of State ( 2005-2009), Shirley Chisholm-Congresswoman(1969-1983), Kamala Harris-Congresswoman, Constance Baker Motley( First Black Woman to serve New York State Senate, First Black Female Borough President ( Manhattan), First Black Woman Federal Judge, Fannie Lou Hamer-Chair of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Angela Davis Associated with Black Panther Party, Ran for Vice President twice, Barbara Jordan-Served in the US Senate and the House of Representatives from Texas, Patricia Roberts Harris-Secretary of HUD (Carter), Carol Moseley Braun- Ambassador to New Zealand(1999-2001), Susan Rice-National Security Adviser, Karen Bass-Congresswoman from California, Cynthia McKinney Congresswoman from Georgia( 1993-2003 & 2005-2007), 

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Tsion Behailu-Software Engineer at Google, Khalia Braswell-Founder of INTech Foundation Inc, Bernadette A. Carter-Senior software engineer at Google, Audrei Drummond-Application engineer at Slack, Christina Morillo-Co founder of Women of Color in Tech Chat, Victoria Nneji- Robotics research scientist at Duke University,Jamila Parham-Information technology project manager at Chicago Transit Authority, Kristen Ransom-Founder of IncluDe Software, Bria Sullivan- Software Engineer at Google

So, it was a triple-header. If I had said that in the beginning, you, more than likely, would have tuned out.

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Sharing with permission from E. Antonakos, because sometimes we have to celebrate each other. And I’m fiercely proud of the trailblazers that emerged from my alma mater! ☺️ Euphemia L. Haynes (1890-1980) First Black American woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics (Catholic U 1943) Smith College class of 1914 Image from p141 Feb 2018 Notices of the AMS (American Mathematical Society)

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The Quiet Revolution of the “Math Gals” T-Shirt

Earlier this year, the award-winning/Radiolab-guesting/New York Times-bestselling mathematician Steve Strogatz messaged me to ask if I wanted a free T-shirt.

This is a bit like Steph Curry offering you a free pizza. Don’t ask why. Just say yes.

So I said yes, and within weeks, became the proud owner of this lovely garment.

Me (dressed like a million bucks) with my daughter (dressed like a cartoon prisoner – not her fault).

If my baby’s beautiful grumpiness is making it hard to read, then here’s a cleaner shot.

The shirt lists eight celebrated female mathematicians. First names only. On the back is the hashtag #mathgals.

I was grateful for — and mystified by — the gift. For the first and no doubt last time in my life, strangers were expressing enthusiasm and curiosity about my wardrobe. Somehow my love of math, combined with my inability to choose my own clothes, had landed me in an elite sartorial club.

The shirt is the handiwork of math educator Chrissy Newell. I reached out with questions about this underground movement.

What inspired you start making these T-shirts?

Two summers ago, my then 9-year-old daughter and I were reading Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics by Dr. Talithia Williams. We learned so much about amazing women that I had never even heard of.

We decided that a shirt with some of their names on it would help us share their stories, and #MathGals was born!

Initially, it was just a project for us. But as soon as I shared a picture of my daughter wearing the shirt on Twitter, people wanted to know how they could get one. I love it when people stop in their tracks as they try to figure out who is on our shirt.

How do you pick which names to use?

The first version has women that my daughter chose, whose stories were particularly interesting or inspiring to her. We also kept diversity in mind, and wanted more than just the names of white women to be brought into the spotlight.

The second version features women who were “first” at something – Euphemia Haynes was the 1st black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, Mary Ross was the 1st American Indian engineer, Mary Jackson was NASA’s 1st black female engineer, etc.

The third version has women who are currently making a difference in mathematics, including Katie Bouman, Eugenia Cheng, Talithia Williams, Vi Hart, Jo Boaler, Marilyn Burns and others.

There’s no way we could ever capture all of the amazing women whose names we want to share, but it’s fun to come up with new ways to highlight different #MathGals.

Why first names only? To me, it creates a different kind of spotlight – less like lionizing or canonizing, and more like a birthday party.

That was actually really important to us. Many of the #MathGals had to learn, research, and publish under male pseudonyms. (Sophie Germain was a pen pal of Gauss for two years before he knew her real identity!) For some, it was illegal to study mathematics, or they weren’t allowed to earn advanced degrees or teach at the university level. We wanted to honor these women with their first names right up front.

There are three different ways that the list of names might end. Can you explain?

We started with the original: just names.

Then a teacher request that we add “& me.” I thought it really brought home the message that it’s not just career mathematicians that are #MathGals – we all are!

After that, a male teacher from an all-girls school asked about putting “& you” so he could wear it to inspire his students. Again, we thought it was a great idea. We always welcome new ideas and suggestions!

How have sales been so far?

We have sold over 1,000 shirts! We have teachers, students, administrators, mathematicians and other supporters (my mom) wearing them proudly.

My friend Sameer Shah was instrumental in reaching out to some amazing authors and mathematicians like Eugenia Cheng, Steven Strogatz, and you. Jo Boaler even has one with her name on it!

I’d love to get one to Talithia Williams with her name on it since her book started it all, but I haven’t been able to get in contact with her.

Using Twitter and word of mouth, my daughter and I love to gift t-shirts to teachers and students who show a passion for learning more about #MathGals. Coming soon, we’re going to offer mini-grants for teachers to help them bring #MathGals into the spotlight at their schools.

What sort of reactions have you gotten?

The math community has been ecstatic and has made the movement their own. The general public is shy about asking, but I know they’re looking. I started putting the #MathGals hashtag on the back of shirts so that people who were afraid to ask could research for themselves.

I’ve had people ask hilarious questions. “Are you in a bridal party?” “Are those the names of hurricanes?”

I love being able to tell them they are all famous female mathematicians. I usually get a response like, “That’s awesome!” or “How cool!”

It’s interesting how the reactions are different than when I say I’m a math teacher.

I don’t want to give surname spoilers, but could you provide us a list of the mathematicians’ full names?

Version 1: Original (a.k.a., O.G.)

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and subject of Hidden Figures

Maryam Mirzakhani, 2014 Fields medalist

Hypatia, mathematician of antiquity

Sophie Germain, who did foundational work on Fermat’s Last Theorem

Ada Lovelace, often called “the world’s first computer programmer”

Emmy Noether, founding figure in abstract algebra

Sofia Kovalevskaya, influential researcher in analysis

Julia Robinson, researcher in computational complexity

Version 2: Women who were “first”

Euphemia Haynes, first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics

Melanie Wood, first American woman to make the International Mathematical Olympiad team

Jeanette Scissum, first African-American mathematician to join NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Mary Ross, first recorded Native American female engineer

Mary Jackson, NASA’s first Black female engineer, subject of Hidden Figures

Gladys West, who helped pioneer GPS technology

Enriqueta Gonzalez Bay y de la Vega, first woman to earn a degree in mathematics in Mexico

Hypatia, first recorded female mathematician in history

Sofia Kovalevskaya, first female PhD in mathematics

Version 3: Women making a difference in mathematics today

Katie Bouman, Caltech professor studying computational imaging

Eugenia Cheng, category theorist and author of How to Bake Pi, Beyond Infinity, and The Art of Logic

Karen Uhlenbeck, winner of the 2019 Abel Prize for “her pioneering achievements”

Talithia Williams, Harvey Mudd professor and author of Power in Numbers

Vi Hart, mathemusician and YouTube star

Jo Boaler, Stanford professor and creator of YouCubed

Marilyn Burns, educator and author of About Teaching Mathematics and The I Hate Mathematics! Book

Megan Franke, UCLA professor and member of the National Academy of Education

Tahani Amer, NASA employee and advocate for Muslim women in science

My thanks to Chrissy for answering my questions! You can buy your #mathgals garb here.

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