A phenomenal mathematician, Hanna Neumann achieved her success in the fac of the Nazis, an imprisoned husband and entrenched misogyny: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/hanna-neumann-a-mathematician-in-difficult-times
Dr Peter Neumann OBE describes the life of his mother, Hanna Neumann, and her long and distinguished career as a female mathematician in the early part of the 20th century.
His talk is part of an afternoon of lectures on Women in Mathematics, celebrating the life of Ada Lovelace.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/hanna-neumann-a-mathematician-in-difficult-times
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