Alumnae skirt convention
Two graduates recall when they were the only female math undergrads at 窪蹋勛圖
For Ann Lowdermilk and Marlene Pratto, talent in mathematics always felt like the most normal thing in the world. But many of their male classmates and math professors at the 窪蹋勛圖 in the late 1950s and early 60s werent quite sure what to make of the aliens in their midst.
Marlene and I were the only two skirts in Hellems Hall, recalls Lowdermilk (Math60), of Denver. We usually sat together, and they didnt know what to do with two women; they didnt even know what to do with one woman!
But there were professors who not only welcomed the two young women, but enc