Mary Frances Winston Papers 1889-1987 1889-1940

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Mary Frances Winston Papers 1889-1987 1889-1940

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Professor; teacher of mathematics; and mathematician. Material consists primarily of correspondence from Winston to her family from colleges and universities she attended, describing student life, particularly from the University of Göttingen between 1893 to 1896. Prominent individuals represented in correspondence include Felix Klein, Margaret Eliza Maltby, and Grace Chisholm Young. Photographs are also included.

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Winston, Mary Frances (Newson), 1869-1959

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Mary Frances Winston was born 1889 in Forreston, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1869. She taught at Downer College in Fox Lake, Wisconsin, 1889-1891, then received a fellowship to study mathematics at Bryn Mawr College, and she studied at the University of Chicago, 1892-1893. She went to Germany in 1893 to complete her studies at the University of Gottingen and became the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from a German University. ...

Klein, Félix, 1849-1925

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Downer College

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Young, Grace Chisholm, 1868-1944

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Universitaet Goettingen

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Maltby, Margaret Eliza, 1860-1944

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Bryn Mawr college

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