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CarveHerName
@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#OnThisDay, 13 Aug 2014, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal for her work on complex geometry. She was the first woman to win it since it began in 1936.

She died in 2017, aged just 40. Multiple awards and initiatives are named after her.

#WomenInSTEM

photo of Maryam Mirzakhani. She is an Iranian woman with short dark hair.
photo of Maryam Mirzakhani. She is an Iranian woman with short dark hair.
photo of Maryam Mirzakhani. She is an Iranian woman with short dark hair.
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Julio J.
@j3j5@mastodon.uy replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@CarveHerName International Women in Mathematics day is celebrated on May 12 in honor to Maryam's birthday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women_in_Mathematics_Day

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