Cathleen Morawetz

Trailblazing mathematician Cathleen Morawetz helped clear the path for female math scholars in the 1950s. Despite the lack of opportunity at the time, she completed a PhD and secured a tenured position at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Morawetz published on a variety of topics in applied mathematics, including viscosity, compressible fluids and transonic flows. She was the recipient of a number of honours, including the National Medal of Science, the Outstanding Woman Scientist Award and the lifetime achievement award from the American Mathematical Society.