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SUMMARY:Women Behind the &quot\;Great Men&quot\; of Mathematics: The Case 
 of Caroline Eustis Seely - Sloan Despeaux (Western Carolina University)
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DESCRIPTION:This talk will address the question of the role played by wome
 n who worked closely with the &ldquo\;great men&rdquo\; of mathematics. As
  a case study\, I will present work that Ellen Abrams\, Benjamin Braun\, a
 nd I have done on the early twentieth-century mathematician\, Caroline Eus
 tis Seely\, who served for over two decades as the clerk of the American M
 athematical Society (AMS). Seely&rsquo\;s career trajectory intersected wi
 th Oswald Veblen\, especially during his tenure as president of the AMS fr
 om 1923 to 1924. This intersection merged Veblen&rsquo\;s diplomatic and i
 nstitution-building skills with Seely&rsquo\;s technical\, administrative\
 , and social expertise to create a synergistic collaboration that would ha
 ve important implications for American mathematics.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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