Mamokgethi Phakeng is a leading researcher into mathematics education in South Africa and was the first black female South African to gain a PhD in Mathematics education. Not only did she chair the Mathematics Department at North Carolina College but also responsible for setting up the first electronic digital computer center at a minority college in 1960. Since 1995, Women of Color magazine´s annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Conference has been the premier forum of choice for recognizing the significant contributions by women in STEM fields. ... and mathematics. Another prominent female mathematician and educator was Marjorie Browne who was the third black woman to earn a doctorate in her field. After graduating summa cum laude in 1937 with a double major in mathematics and French, she found, unsurprisingly, that research opportunities for black female teenage mathematicians were negligible. And here’s a shout out to all the wondrous women who overcame all odds and managed to become the most famous mathematicians of all time. Women have been discouraged to apply their minds to numbers and statistics through many periods of history; but a few persevered and shone bright. 1980 The first book on African American Mathematicians, Black Mathematicians and their Works, finally published by Virginia K. Newell, Joella H. Gipson, L. W. Rich, and B. Stubblefield.. 1985 Gloria Gilmer co-founds ISGEm, the Ethnomathematics Organization.. 1990 AMUCWMA - The African Mathematical Union Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa is founded with … The series is available in eight languages. Directed by Theodore Melfi. While a general interest in STEM fields has increased over the last two decades, mathematical sciences have struggled to become more inclusive, particularly to In the United States, approximately 29 percent of STEM careers are occupied by women, even though women comprise half of the college-educated workforce. With Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner. Maryam Mirzakhani The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. Only in recent times have women in STEM begun getting attention for their achievements, and information about women of color in STEM is even more unknown. As a female scientist of the 1950s and 60s, Lederberg was unable to escape the rampant gender discrimination that permeated every facet of American society. About Women of Color STEM Conference. Even in … This recently updated, growing collection from Women You Should Know (WomenYSK) was drawn by female illustrators and features a racially and ethnically diverse cast of female scientists and mathematicians from around the world. Topaz, a professor at Macalester College, knew that his field had a gender problem.