Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians

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American Mathematical Soc., Jul 30, 2019 - Biography & Autobiography - 138 pages

Tessellations, palindromes, tangrams, oh my! Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians is a children's activity book highlighting the lives and work of 29 African American women mathematicians, including Dr. Christine Darden, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan from the award-winning book and movie Hidden Figures. Although the book is geared toward children in grades 3–8, it is appropriate for all ages.

The book includes portrait sketches and biographies for the featured mathematicians, each followed by elementary-school and middle-school activity pages. Children will enjoy uncovering mathematicians' names in word searches, unscrambling math vocabulary words, solving equations to decode interesting facts, using logical thinking to uncover magic squares, locating hidden objects on an “I Spy” page, and more! They will also read about the important contributions of Drs. Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Marjorie Lee Browne, the first three African American women to receive doctoral degrees in mathematics. Other women profiled include contemporary mathematicians who will inspire today's children to become tomorrow's leaders. Women Who Count is a must-read for parents and children alike!

 

 

Selected pages

Contents

The Pioneers
15
The UnHidden Figures
53
The Contemporary Firsts
73
Selected Activity Answer Keys
103
References
129
About the author
133
About the illustrator
135
Photo Credits
137
Back Cover
139
Copyright

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About the author (2019)

Shelly M. Jones: Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Bibliographic information

TitleWomen Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians
Volume 124 of Miscellaneous Book Series
AuthorShelly M. Jones
Editionillustrated
PublisherAmerican Mathematical Soc., 2019
ISBN1470448890, 9781470448899
Length138 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Social Science / Women's Studies
  
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