Grace Bates, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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one of the first women in the United States to hold a Ph.D in mathematics
Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1914
Date of Death: 19-Nov-1996
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Grace Bates
- Grace Elizabeth Bates (13 August 1914 – 19 November 1996) was an American mathematician and one of few women in the United States to be granted a Ph.D.
- in mathematics in the 1940s.
- She became an emeritus professor at Mount Holyoke College.
- Bates specialized in algebra and probability theory, and she co-authored two textbooks: The Real Number System and Modern Algebra, Second Course.
- Throughout her own education, Bates overcame obstructions to her pursuit of knowledge, opening the way for future women learners.
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