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Maryam Mirzakhani — This Day in Women's History

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Iranian · Science

Maryam Mirzakhani

1977 – 2017

Mathematician and first woman awarded the Fields Medal.

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Aug132014
Science
First woman awarded the Fields Medal
Honored for her work on the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces.
International Mathematical Union