Florence Eliza Allen

Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960)

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Born: October 4, 1876
Died: December 31, 1960
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1876

About Florence Eliza Allen

Florence Eliza Allen (1876–1960) was an American mathematician and women's suffrage activist. In 1907 she became the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the fourth Ph.D. overall from that department. She had an older brother, Charles Allen, who was four years her senior and became a court reporter.

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The world when Florence Eliza Allen was born

Florence Eliza Allen was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Notable inventionTelephone
World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure	1876	2026
Population	43.4M	341 million

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