1. WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS TWO TO FOUR RICHARD PEREZ-ROSILES THOMAS COCHRAN JORGE MOLINA NICK MAYO MIRNA VASQUEZ GENESIS ORTEGA

2. Historical Background In 1971 Mary Gray held sit in at AMS national meeting in Atlantic City and Lenore Blum protested for women’s rights in mathematics in Berkeley Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) 1971 Women discouraged to continue math Julia Sherman and Elizabeth Fennema studies of Madison, WI Important women and programs Thomas Cochran

3. WOMEN INVOLVED Mary Gray Born April 8, 1939 in Nebraska Received her Ph.D. from University of Kansas in 1964 Became first president of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) from 1971-1973 Mirna Vasquez

4. WOMEN INVOLVED Lenore Blum Born December 18, 1942 in New York City Received her Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1968 Started the first Mathematics and Computer Science department at Mills College in 1973 Mirna Vasquez

5. Spelman-Bryn Mawr Goals Participants What they do Mentors Genesis Ortega

6. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) On average 25-30% of the participants have been women. Students have typically completed at the very minimum four courses beyond sophomore calculus. Student gets assigned to compatible faculty member. Enthusiastic faculty members are key to success. 10 to 12 women any given year in faculty of professors. Richard Perez

7. Mills College Summer Mathematics Institute (SMI) The Mills SMI was first conceived in 1990 It was a six week intensive mathematics program for women Encouraged women to pursue mathematics to the graduate level The program consisted of mainly four seminars Nick Mayo

8. Program Results! Results of SMI o Between the years of 1991-1995 over 100 participants were involved in the program. o 62 participants continued onto graduate school. o Program more successful than anticipated. o Reason for success was due to the influence of strong role models. Results of Spelman-Bryn Mawr o 1992-1993 16 participants continued onto other programs. o Fourteen obtained bachelors programs and 9 of those entered graduate school. o 1994-1995 program 17 participated. o 10 provided research data for the following summer and seven got Bachelors. Jorge Molina

9. Conclusion Other available programs Carleton and St. Olaf Debra Nolan’s objective of book Jorge Molina

10. WORKS CITED Nolan, Debrah, ed. Women in Mathematics: Scaling the Heights. n.p. The Mathematical Association of America, n.d.