[Continued; visit the website to read the entire article]Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani on Wednesday became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics' equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
The professor at Stanford University in California was among four Fields Medal recipients at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Seoul, and the first female among the 56 winners since the prize was established in 1936.
"This is a great honour. I will be happy if it encourages young female scientists and mathematicians," Mirzakhani was quoted as saying on Stanford's website.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/13/iranian-stanfordprofessorfirstwomantowintopmathsprize.html
Stephanie Doty
Women's Issues Matter
August 13, 2014
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