Women of mathematics. A biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1987. xxii+292 pp. \$45.00. ISBN 0-313-24849-4

Notices sur la vie et l'oeuvre de 43 mathématiciennes

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Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718--1799)
Nina Karlovna Bari (1901--1961)
Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917--)
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (1914--)
Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (1706--1749)
Gertrude Mary Cox (1900--1978)
Kate Fenchel (1905--1983)
Irmgard Flugge-Lotz (1903--1974)
Hilda Geiringer von Mises (1893--1973)
Sophie Germain (1776--1831) (pp. 47--56)
Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924--) (pp. 57--61)
Ellen Amanda Hayes (1851--1930)
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906--)
Ian Mueller, Hypatia (370?--415)
Sofja Aleksandrovna Janovskaja (1896--1966)
Carol Karp (1926--1972)
Claribel Kendall (1889--1965)
Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina (1899--)
Sofia Vasilevna Kovalevskaia (1850--1891)
Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (1902--1984)
Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847--1930)
Elizaveta Fedorovna Litvinova (1845--1919?) (pp.\ 129--134)
Augusta Ada Lovelace (1815--1852)
Sheila Scott Macintyre (1910--1960)
Ada Isabel Maddison (1869--1950)
Helen Abbot Merrill (1864--1949)
Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923--)
Hanna Neumann (1914--1971)
Mary Frances Winston Newson (1869--1959)
Emmy Noether (1882--1935)
Rozsa Peter (1905--1977)
Mina Rees (1902--)
Julia Bowman Robinson (1919--1985)
Mary Ellen Rudin (1924--$\!$)
Charlotte Angas Scott (1858--1931)
Mary Emily Sinclair (1878--1955)
Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780--1872)
Pauline Sperry (1885--1967)
Alicia Boole Stott (1860--1940)
Olga Taussky-Todd (1906--)
Mary Catherine Bishop Weiss (1930--1966)
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883--1966)
Grace Chisholm Young (1868--1944)

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This book includes essays on 43 women mathematicians, each essay consisting of a biographical sketch, a review/assessment of her work, and a bibliography which usually lists most of her mathematical works, a few works about her, and occasionally a few other references. The essays are arranged alphabetically by the women's best-known professional names. A better arrangement would have been by the periods within which the women worked; an approximation to that can be achieved by using the list in Appendix A of the included women ordered by birthdate. With its many appendices and its two good indexes, the bibliographic structure of this book is excellent. This together with its reviews of the work of many less-known women mathematicians makes it a valuable contribution to the history of mathematics.

Reviewed by Arthur M. Hobbs

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Contents:\ Hubert Kennedy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718--1799) (pp. 1--5); Joan Spetich and Douglas E. Cameron, Nina Karlovna Bari (1901--1961) (pp.\ 6--12); Florence D. Fasanelli, Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917--) (pp. 13--16); Ann Moskol, Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (1914--) (pp. 17--20); Garry J. Tee, Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet (1706--1749) (pp. 21--25); Maryjo Nichols, Gertrude Mary Cox (1900--1978) (pp. 26--29); Else Hoyrup, Kate Fenchel (1905--1983) (pp. 30--32); John R. Spreiter and Wilhelm Flugge, Irmgard Flugge-Lotz (1903--1974) (pp. 33--40); Joan L. Richards, Hilda Geiringer von Mises (1893--1973) (pp. 41--46); Mary W. Gray, Sophie Germain (1776--1831) (pp. 47--56); Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924--) (pp. 57--61); Ann Moskol, Ellen Amanda Hayes (1851--1930) (pp. 62--66); Amy C. King and Tina Schalch, Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906--) (pp.\ 67--73); Ian Mueller, Hypatia (370?--415) (pp. 74--79); Irving H. Anellis, Sofja Aleksandrovna Janovskaja (1896--1966) (pp. 80--85); Judy Green, Carol Karp (1926--1972) (pp. 86--91); Ruth Rebekka Struik, Claribel Kendall (1889--1965) (pp. 92--94); George W. Phillips, Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina (1899--) (pp.\ 95--102); Ann Hibner Koblitz, Sofia Vasilevna Kovalevskaia (1850--1891) (pp. 103--113); Sally Irene Lipsey, Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (1902--1984) (pp. 114--120); Judy Green, Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847--1930) (pp. 121--128); Ann Hibner Koblitz, Elizaveta Fedorovna Litvinova (1845--1919?) (pp.\ 129--134); Karen D. Rappaport, Augusta Ada Lovelace (1815--1852) (pp. 135--139); Florence D. Fasanelli, Sheila Scott Macintyre (1910--1960) (pp. 140--143); Betsey S. Whitman, Ada Isabel Maddison (1869--1950) (pp. 144--146); Claudia Henrion, Helen Abbot Merrill (1864--1949) (pp. 147--151); James D. Patterson, Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923--) (pp. 152--155); M. F. Newman, Hanna Neumann (1914--1971) (pp. 156--160); Betsey S. Whitman, Mary Frances Winston Newson (1869--1959) (pp. 161--164); Gottfried E. Noether, Emmy Noether (1882--1935) (pp. 165--170); Hajnal Andreka, Rozsa Peter (1905--1977) (pp. 171--174); Phyllis Fox, Mina Rees (1902--) (pp. 175--181); Constance Reid and Raphael M. Robinson, Julia Bowman Robinson (1919--1985) (pp. 182--189); Rosemary McCroskey Karr, Jaleh Rezaie and Joel E. Wilson, Mary Ellen Rudin (1924--$\!$) (pp. 190--192); Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Charlotte Angas Scott (1858--1931) (pp. 193--203); Laurel G. Sherman, Mary Emily Sinclair (1878--1955) (pp. 204--207); Elizabeth Chambers Patterson, Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780--1872) (pp.\ 208--216); Florence D. Fasanelli, Pauline Sperry (1885--1967) (pp. 217--219); H. S. M. Coxeter, Alicia Boole Stott (1860--1940) (pp. 220--224); Edith H. Luchins, Olga Taussky-Todd (1906--) (pp. 225--235); Guido Weiss, Mary Catherine Bishop Weiss (1930--1966) (pp. 236--240); Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883--1966) (pp. 241--246); Sylvia M. Wiegand, Grace Chisholm Young (1868--1944) (pp. 247--254).