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Emmy Noether is a well-known mathematician, she was born in Erlangen, Germany on March 23, 1882 and died on April 14, 1935. Her father was the one who raised her; his name was Max Noether and he was a professor in mathematics which is how she became interested in math. She attended classes but was never allowed credit for them she was only able to observe because she was a lady. She did end up graduating from college in Hohere Tochter Schule in Erlangen and was finally able to teach. When she…

sports events, and other places outside of school, but that having them sit next to you in class can be intimidating, distracting and could prevent learning and participation. At Bryn Mawr, the all girls school she attended, Christine described the women as being “brilliant, independent, and focused.” She also says that Bryn Mawr “helped me to understand that excellence has no gender preference.” Additionally, boys apparently also benefit from this single sex system. When Christine…

The word honor means to have a high respect, or esteem. To me, I think honor means to be able to look up to someone, to have respect towards them. Amalie Emmy Noether was born in Bavaria, Germany on March 23, 1882. As a child, she loved to cook, and play clavier. She was also specialized in French and English. She died on April 14, 1935, when she was 53 years of age. Emmy was honored because she was a mathematician, which was a very difficult task for the women in the 1900’s. For 7 years she…

Isaiah Berlin was a Russo-British Jewish social and political theorist and a historian of ideas. He was born June 6, 1909 in Riga, Latvia. He was the son of a successful timber merchant and land owner. His family moved to St. Petersburg where he was an eyewitness to the Russian Revolution. His family then emigrated in 1921 to London where the family had business interests. As a young boy, Isaiah was known as Shaya and had his bar mitzah. In his high school years he attended St. Paul’s in London…

Hilda Doolittle is known all over the world as H.D. H.D is the name she was published under. She was an American poet and novelist, wrote about many things. Hilda Doolittle was very interested in the ways of Greek mythology and was an inspiration imagist. Doolittle was born into the Moravian community in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was born September 10, 1886. Her father, Charles Doolittle, was professor of astronomy at Lehigh University. Doolittle’s mother, Helen (Wolle), had a very strong…

How to Avoid a Financially Hard Retirement Retirement is supposed to be the golden years for every senior. However, for many seniors, retirement can be stressful because they have a decreased income and the same financial responsibilities. One of the best ways for seniors to make their retirement years what they’ve always dreamed of is to avoid these financial setbacks. Remaining in the Family Home with a Mortgage Although many seniors love and cherish the home their children grew up in, a…

Amalie, commonly referred to as Emmy, was a German mathematician. Her contributions to algebra have gained her recognition as “the most creative abstract algebraist of modern times” (Encyclopædia Britannica). Noether received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Erlangen in 1907 with a dissertation on algebraic invariants. Shortly after she was invited the University of Göttingen in 1915 by David Hilbert and Felix Klein, Noether used her knowledge of invariants to assist them in exploring the…

mathematician and her dream of teaching. Amalie Emmy Noether is a female mathematician, who was known for her abstract algebra and theoretical physics. She was born on March 23, 1882, in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. She died at the age of 53 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on April 14, 1935. She has three siblings but everyone expects one died in their childhood. Her father, Max Noether a professor, was also a mathematician, who generated the interest of math in Emmy Noether’s life. She emphasized on…

I was raised in a suburb of Philadelphia, where Katharine Hepburn’s presence around Bryn Mawr has been preserved to a certain extent. Consequently, I always had an idea of who she was without actually knowing anything about her. In a way she was the first “great” Hollywood star that I could recognize and I can remember my mom telling me that she was, “Diane Keaton before Diane Keaton.” Only now do I understand what she meant by that statement. This all lead me to sit down and watch The…

Who is Hetty Goldman? Why is she so important? Hetty Goldman was an american archaeologist who was one of the first woman to undertake excavations in Greece and the Middle East. The reason she is so important is because of her contributions to the archaeological field as well as how she opening up the field of archaeology for woman . She “ was born December 19, 1881, in New York City”(“Hetty Goldman:Life”). Her mother and father were Sarah Adler Goldman and Julius goldman. Mrs. Goldman was the…