Grace Bates

Grace Elizabeth Bates
Grace Elizabeth Bates
Born	August 13, 1914
Died	November 19, 1996 (aged 82)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Mount Holyoke College
Known for	Bates distribution
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Mount Holyoke College
Doctoral advisor	Reinhold Baer

Grace Elizabeth Bates (13 August 1914 – 19 November 1996) was an American mathematician and one of few women in the United States to be granted a Ph.D. in mathematics in the 1940s. She became an emeritus professor at Mount Holyoke College. Bates specialized in algebra and probability theory, and she co-authored two textbooks: The Real Number System and Modern Algebra, Second Course.^[1] Throughout her own education, Bates overcame obstructions to her pursuit of knowledge, opening the way for future women learners.^[2]

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