Creating Opportunities and Building Confidence: Clare Boothe Luce’s Unexpected Support of Women in Math and Science.

Authors

Della Dumbaugh, University of RichmondFollow

DOI

10.1090/noti1819

Abstract

How did a woman who was a playwright and a politician advance American women in mathe- matics and science? This paper explores the life of Clare Boothe Luce and her pioneering—and unexpected—im- pact on the development of mathematics and science.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2019

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2019, American Mathematical Society.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/noti1819.

Recommended Citation

Dumbaugh, Della. “Creating Opportunities and Building Confidence: Clare Boothe Luce’s Unexpected Support of Women in Math and Science.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society 66, no. 3 (March 2019): 387–94. https://doi.org/10.1090/noti1819.