Mar 14, 2017
The hallways of math and science history are overflowing with the achievements of white men, from Sir Isaac Newton to Steve Jobs; their faces are printed into elementary school textbooks everywhere, and their achievements have been indelibly drilled into our minds, with countless awards and institutions named after them. To be brilliant is a gift, but who gets to be remembered as such involves privilege.
Pi Day falls in the middle of Women’s History Month, so take a moment today to learn about black female mathematicians Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Chelsea Walton, Talithia Williams, and Christina Eubanks-Turner.
