Bringing the history of mathematics home: Entangled practices of domesticity, gender, and mathematical work

Dunning, David E. and Stenhouse, Brigitte (2023). Bringing the history of mathematics home: Entangled practices of domesticity, gender, and mathematical work. Endeavour, 47(4), article no. 100902.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100902

Abstract

Although much scholarship on nineteenth and twentieth century mathematics has focused on processes of professionalization, historical mathematicians themselves rarely experienced their lives as neatly divisible into the professional and the private. Taking marriage as a focal point, this introduction brings the fruitful historiography of gender, collaborative couples, and domesticity in science into a broader conversation with the history of mathematics. By historicizing marriage and its relationship to mathematical careers, we lay the groundwork for the special issue which uncovers the myriad ways in which spousal collaboration and support have been central to mathematical work.

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