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Who was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university? At the height of her career, she abandoned her studies to devote herself to charitable works and spiritual reflection.<br><br>
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718 – 1799) was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university. At the height of her career, she abandoned her studies to devote herself to charitable works and spiritual reflection. She wrote extensively on the marriage between intellectual pursuit and mystical contemplation.<br><br> See also:<br> • 2018 UFN Bulletin <a href='https://www.vaticanstamps.org/UFN/images/2018-2-14-1.jpg'> 300th Anniversary of the birth of Maria Gaetanna Agnesi</a><br><br> <center> <img src='http://vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/1692.jpg' height='250px'> <br> <b>Maria Gaetana Agnesi<br>Scott # 1692 (2000)</b></center><br><br>
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