Lenore Blum has played an integral role in increasing the participation of girls and women in mathematics. She was one of the founders of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), acting as its president from 1975 to 1978. The AWM has membership...

1943- American mathematician who is one of the most accomplished women in the field. She has been president of the Association for Women in Mathematics and chairperson of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She earned her Ph.D. in...

Lenore Blum received her Ph.D. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 (the same year Princeton University first allowed women to enter their graduate program). She then went to the University of California at Berkeley as a...

Vaughn, Lenore Louise Wife of departed Wallen Vaughn found peace on June 1, 2007. Lenore was born in Milwaukee on April 18, 1918. For 89 years she lead a life of love and accomplishment. On June 25, 1949 she married "Wally", a World...

Mountaineer, scientist, and teacher Arlene Blum, 54, led the first all-woman expedition up Annapurna in the Himalayas. She was in Boston for the Simmons College Women's Leadership Conference. Is there still sexism in mountaineering? It's much better. In the '70s, it was in your...