Bess Marie Eversull | |
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Born | May 18, 1899 |
Died | March 18, 1978 (aged 78) Detroit, Michigan |
Burial place | Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit |
Other names | Bess Allen |
Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, professor |
Spouse | Earning her PhD before World War II |
Bess Marie Eversull Allen (1899 – 1978) was an American mathematician and one of the few women to earn a PhD in mathematics in the United States before World War II. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati.[1]