Ida Martha Metcalf
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Second American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ida Martha Metcalf was the second American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics. Early life Ida Metcalf was born in Texas to Charles A. and Martha C. Metcalf. During her youth, her family moved about the south. After her father’s death, she moved to New England with her mother and siblings. By 1870, she was living in Massachusetts, where she taught school for many years.
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