Anna Johnson (other)
Anna Johnson may refer to: * Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (née Johnson; May 5, 1883 – March 26, 1966) was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional analysis.Louise S. Gri ..., American mathematician * Anna Johnson Gates, suffragist and politician See also * Anna Johnston (other) * Ann Johnson (other) {{hndis, Johnson, Anna ...
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Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler
Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (née Johnson; May 5, 1883 – March 26, 1966) was an American mathematician. She is best known for early work on linear algebra in infinite dimensions, which has later become a part of functional analysis.Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, "Anna Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler: Her life and work, Historia Mathematica 9(1982)37–53 Biography Anna Johnson was born on May 5, 1883, to Swedish immigrant parents in Calliope, Iowa in the United States. Her father, Andrew Gustav Johnson, was a furniture dealer and undertaker. Her mother, Amelia (née Friberg), was a homemaker. Both of Johnson's parents came from the parish of Lyrestad, in Västergötland, Sweden. Johnson had two older siblings, Esther and Elmer. At the age of nine her family moved to Akron, Iowa and she was enrolled in a private school. In 1903 she graduated from the University of South Dakota and began graduate work at the University of Iowa. Her thesis, titled ''The extension of Galois the ...
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Anna Johnson Gates
Anna Johnson Gates (January 25, 1889 - January 12, 1939) was an American suffragist and progressive era politician who was the first woman elected to the West Virginia Legislature. She married Harry Gates, and after his death, she married Tom Gates in 1915. Women's civic clubs Gates was active in the General Federation of Women's Clubs. In the 1920s, she was the founder of the Charleston Business and Professional Women's Club, and the Women's Democratic Executive Committee. Political career Gates began her political career by working with suffrage organizations in Kanawha County, distinguishing herself as an activist and gaining respect in the community. She remained politically active after women gained the right to vote and established herself as a successful voice for the Democratic Party in her area of West Virginia. She served as associate chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Kanawha County in 1920. In July 1922, Gates announced her candidacy for a seat in ...
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Anna Johnston (other)
Anna Johnston may refer to: * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902), born Anna Johnston, Irish journalist, writer and poet * Anna Johnston (doctor), Australian hematologist See also * Anne Johnston (other) * Anna Johnson (other) Anna Johnson may refer to: * Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician * Anna Johnson Gates, suffragist and politician See also * Anna Johnston (other) * Ann Johnson (other) *Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norm ...