Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an...

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Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon

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Page 1: Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an pioneer New England family. It don’t say about any siblings.

Clara Bacon(:

By:Alicia Mae Lamon

Page 2: Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an pioneer New England family. It don’t say about any siblings.

Short biography!!!

She was born in Illinois. Daughter by

an pioneer New England family. It

don’t say about any siblings. She

was like any normal kid and went to

school but she had a talent in

mathematics!!!!

Page 3: Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an pioneer New England family. It don’t say about any siblings.

Her interest!!

• Her family knew people would remember her name especially in mathematics!!! She was always good in math!! She loved it! She became a school teacher to help kids with math and would not give up on them no matter what!!!

Page 4: Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an pioneer New England family. It don’t say about any siblings.

Accomplishments!!• Clara became the first woman to

receive her Ph.D in mathematics from John Hopkins University. Her dissertation would later be published in the American Journal of Mathematics!!

Page 5: Clara Bacon(: By: Alicia Mae Lamon. Short biography!!! She was born in Illinois. Daughter by an pioneer New England family. It don’t say about any siblings.

What she supported/Death! • Clara Bacon was involved with the

Foreign Policy Association and she supported the League of Women Voters.

• Clara Latimer Bacon died in 1948 leaving behind her profound positive influence on the world of mathematics.