Women Behind the "Great Men" of Mathematics: The Case of Caroline Eustis Seely

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• Sloan Despeaux (Western Carolina University)
• Tuesday 21 January 2025, 16:00-17:00
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

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MHMW01 - Modern history of mathematics: emerging themes

This talk will address the question of the role played by women who worked closely with the “great men” of mathematics. As a case study, I will present work that Ellen Abrams, Benjamin Braun, and I have done on the early twentieth-century mathematician, Caroline Eustis Seely, who served for over two decades as the clerk of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Seely’s career trajectory intersected with Oswald Veblen, especially during his tenure as president of the AMS from 1923 to 1924. This intersection merged Veblen’s diplomatic and institution-building skills with Seely’s technical, administrative, and social expertise to create a synergistic collaboration that would have important implications for American mathematics.

This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.

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