This time around we asked you to name a noted female mathematician born before the 1800’s? Possible answers include:
- Agnesi, Maria Gaetana
- Germain, Sophie
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Lepaute, Nicole-Reine
- Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Gabrielle-Emilie, Marquise du Chatelet
- Piscopia, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro
- Somerville, Mary Fairfax
- Theano
The answer was found courtesy of a “person search” in the Gale in Context: Biography database. This database covers the world's most influential people, merging reference content with periodicals and multimedia, allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, keyword and full text. Find it listed alphabetically under G on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework) and access it with your library card.
