Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860-1944) Physicist and educator Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860-1944) was the f
Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860-1944) Physicist and educator Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860-1944) was the first American woman allowed to take a degree at Gt̲tingen University (in 1895); she became professor of physics and department chair at Barnard College, 1903-1934. In 1926, the American Association of University Women established a fellowship in Maltby’s honor. Link to data base record -- source link
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