A nun who was the first Irish woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics back in 1931 is set to be celebrated by a Wexford college. To mark International Women’s Day, South East Technological University’s (SETU) Wexford campus will launch a new funded PhD in the area of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics) to celebrate…
Trailblazing Irish nun celebrated for maths endeavours
Maggie Gough (Sr Mary de Lellis) at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, circa. 1920.

Ruadhán Jones