Women in OR and Analytics - History of the “gender gap” in mathematics скачать в хорошем качестве

Women in OR and Analytics - History of the “gender gap” in mathematics

Professor June Barrow-Green Throughout history there have been women who have loved mathematics and, often in defiance of the social and intellectual mores of the day, have proved themselves to be extremely good at it. This talk shall introduce a number of these women, describe some of the difficulties they encountered and the reactions they generated, as well as highlighting what they achieved. We shall also look at the situation for women mathematicians post-1970, both the problems and the initiatives developed to tackle them. June Barrow-Green is Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open University, Visiting Professor at the LSE, and Chair of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics. Having been born into a rather Victorian family who didn’t believe in education for girls, Professor Barrow-Green has a particular interest in the history of women in mathematics. June started her working life in a Bond Street art gallery and eventually went to university when she was 30. She studied mathematics at Kings College London, then spent a couple of years in the City before returning to Kings to do an MSc in mathematical physics. This was followed by a PhD at the Open University on the 19th century origins of chaos theory, and has been at the Open University ever since. Professor Barrow-Green's research centres on 19th/20th century mathematics and she has recently completed a study on the role of British mathematicians during WW1. When not burrowing in archives, June can often be found on a bicycle or running marathons.