The Daily Question
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.
1. Anne Bradstreet
2. Anne Marbury Hutchinson
3. Annie Heloise Abel
4. Maria Gaetana Agnesi
2. Anne Marbury Hutchinson
3. Annie Heloise Abel
4. Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Your answer was: Maria Gaetana Agnesi
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Answer: 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.
See also:
• 2018 UFN Bulletin 300th Anniversary of the birth of Maria Gaetanna Agnesi
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Scott # 1692 (2000)
See also:
• 2018 UFN Bulletin 300th Anniversary of the birth of Maria Gaetanna Agnesi
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Scott # 1692 (2000)