Edna Kramer

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar
Born	May 11, 1902 Manhattan, New York, US
Died	July 9, 1984 Manhattan, New York, US

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (May 11, 1902 – July 9, 1984), born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an American mathematician and author of mathematics books.

Kramer was born in Manhattan to Jewish immigrants.[1] She earned her B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Hunter College in 1922.[2] While teaching at local high schools, she earned her M.A. in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1930 in mathematics (with a minor in physics) from Columbia University with Edward Kasner as her advisor.

She wrote The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, A First Course in Educational Statistics, Mathematics Takes Wings: An Aviation Supplement to Secondary Mathematics, and The Main Stream of Mathematics.[3]

Kramer married the French teacher Benedict Taxier Lassar on July 2, 1935. Kramer-Lassar died at the age of 82 in Manhattan of Parkinson's disease.[3]

Works

• The Main Stream of Mathematics [sic] (1951)
• The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (1970)

References

1. "Edna Kramer Lassar". Biographies of Women Mathematicians. Agnes Scott College. May 1997.
2. "The evening world. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, June 15, 1922, Wall Street Final Edition, Image 26". The Evening World. 1922-06-15. p. 26. ISSN 1941-0654. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
3. "Dr. Edna Kramer-Lassar, 82, Ex-Professor of Mathematics". The New York Times. July 25, 1984. p. D23. Retrieved 2022-04-09.

External links

• Biography from Agnes Scott College
• MacTutor biography
• Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. Vol. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Biography on p. 335-337 of the Supplementary Material at AMS