Women in mathematics
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Personal home pages
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General information
Biographies ow women mathematicians
Association for Women in Mathematics
European Women in Mathematics
Women in science groups
Women in mathematics (Camel page)
Friends of Women in Mathematics is a
group of mathematics graduate students
at UCLA who banded together to help
improve graduate experience. In a
profession traditionally dominated by
men, it was thought to be wise to form
a group that focused on the concerns
of female graduate students
The Noetherian Ring is a group of
women in mathematics at U.C. Berkeley.
Women and Mathematics is an advising
and mentoring program whose purpose
is to stimulate interest in
mathematics among all students,
regardless of their career choices. 
It is a program to motivate and
inspire students, especially young
women, towards careers in mathematics,
science, and technology.
Women in Math is an organization at
the University of Maryland in College
Park. This is a good site with a lot
of interesting resources for women in
mathematics and computer science.


Personal home pages
Irene Pieper-Seier in Oldenburg
  

Comments
Educators and community members are
beginning to recognize that most
students, including a disproportionate
number of women, minorities, and the
poor, leave school without the
mathematical skills they need to
thrive in an increasingly complex,
global economy.
The following quote is from Patricia
Campbell's note "Designing effective
programs for girls in math, science,
and engineering".         
Out-of-school programs that keep
both white girls and girls of color
interested in math and science and
continuing to take math and science
courses two to three years after 
participating in these programs, have
some important things in common:
  (1) They are considered by the girls
      to be not like school!  
  (2) They are fun!                                           
  (3) They include a lot of hands-on
      activities, projects, and 
      opportunities. 
  (4) They are much less concerned
      with increasing cognitive
      knowledge than with helping
      girls do new things.                        
  (5) They are relaxed, with little,
      or no, emphasis on individual
      competition.
  (6) They provide opportunities for
      girls to speak informally with
      women (and sometimes men) in
      math and science careers and to
      learn about their personal and
      professional lives.                      
  (7) They not only provide time for
      questions, but the staff anxious
      to answer those questions, so
      that the girls know someone is
      there who will keep working with
      them until they can say, "I've
      got it!"
  (8) They include evaluation of what's
      working and what's not and use
      the results for program
      improvement.