Gloria Ford Gilmer
Personal Information
Born: 1928
Died: 2021
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Morgan State University BS Mathematics 1949; University of Pennsylvania MA Mathematics; Marquette University PhD Education Administration
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics; Ethnomathematics
Institution/Corporation: unknown
Degrees & Memberships: Member Mathematical Association of America
Awards & Achievements
Awards: none found
Achievements: 1st African American woman to publish a non-doctoral thesis & have articles in peer-review journals; pioneer in ethnomathematics; did ballistic research at Aberdeen Proving Grounds; 1st African-American female on the board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America (1980-82); 1985, co-founder & on executive board of International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm), also President fro 1985-1996; 2nd person, & 1st woman, to give the National Association of Mathematicians Cox-Talbot lecture; 2008, President of Math-Tech; 2022, qst African-American mathematician to have her papers archived in the Manuscript Divison of the Library of Congress; American Mathematical Society (AMS) has a fellowship named after her & William Schieffelin Claytor; research associate at the US Dept of Education; 1st African-American to teach HS math in Milwaukee Public Schools, on mathematics faculty of Milwaukee Area Technical College, lecturer in mathematics dept of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
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