Trailblazing Irish nun celebrated for maths endeavours

Trailblazing Irish nun celebrated for maths endeavours Maggie Gough (Sr Mary de Lellis) at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, circa. 1920.

A nun who was the first Irish woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics back in 1931 is set to be celebrated by a Wexford college. To mark International Women’s Day, South East Technological University’s (SETU) Wexford campus will launch a new funded PhD in the area of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics) to celebrate…

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