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	Mary Everest Boole
		Mary Everest Boole was born in England in 1832.
		Mary's first introduction to mathematics came from studies with her tutor, Monsieur Deplace, of whom she was very fond.
		Mary Everest Boole was a miraculous woman who, widowed for fifty years, raised her five daughters and made countless contributions towards the mathematical education of many girls and boys.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/boole.htm (1159 words)

	Mary Everest Boole Summary
		Mary Everest Boole worked as a librarian at Queens College, which was the first women's college in England but where women were not permitted to teach.
		Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was a self-taught mathematician who is most well known as an author of didactic works on mathematics, such as Philosophy and Fun of Algebra, and as the wife of fellow mathematician George Boole.
		She was born Mary Everest in England, the daughter of a minister, Thomas Everest.
	www.bookrags.com /Mary_Everest_Boole (262 words)

	Women Mathematicians
		The photo of Mary Cartwright is used with permission of the Mistress and Fellows, Girton College, Cambridge.
		The photo of Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer is used with the permission of Professor Herbert Wilf, University of Pennsylvania, and comes from the book A=B by Herbert Wilf, Marko Petkovsek, and Doron Zeilberger.
		The photos of Anna Irwin Young and Mary Reagor are used with permission of Agnes Scott College.
	www.scottlan.edu /lriddle/women/credits.htm (1005 words)

	LibriVox » Philosophy and Fun of Algebra by Mary Everest Boole
		Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France.
		Using this definition, Boole introduces, in a conversational manner, the concepts of logic and algebra, illustrating these concepts with stories and anecdotes, often from biblical sources.
		Boole ends the book with a reminder that algebra’s essential element is “the habitual registration of the exact limits of one’s knowledge” and a call for the public to keep this principle in mind when encountering any situation.
	librivox.org /philosophy-and-fun-of-algebra-by-mary-everest-boole (368 words)

	AcademicDB - Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916)
		Mary Everest Boole (1832 - 1916) Mary Everest was born in England in 1832 to a minister.
		It was this belief that led him to move the family to France in search of a cure for his own ailments.
		Mary and her Uncle George were very close and George offered to adopt her.
	www.academicdb.com /mary_everest_boole__-__14856 (251 words)

	Charlotte's Daughters ... learning from Charlotte Mason and the Parents' National Educational Union
		My sister has been recording books for Librivox.
		Being a math prof, she chose to record (among others) The philosophy and fun of algebra by Mary Everest Boole.
		Boole wrote articles for the Parents' Review on teaching math, I thought that Charlotte Mason fans might be interested in her book as well.
	www.charlottesdaughters.org /2006/07/23.html (98 words)

	George Boole
		Mostly a self-taught mathematician, George Boole rose to prominence and earned a teaching position based on his writings on differential equations and algebraic problems.
		Boole's wife, Mary Everest Boole, was the niece of Sir George Everest, for whom the big mountain is named.
		George Boole - Boole, George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/georgeboole.html (184 words)

	The Math Forum - Math Library - Logic/Foundations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Created by Mary Laycock for mathematics teachers, with the goal of providing a real understanding of mathematics through hands-on (manipulative) activities.
		"Boole's gentle, conversational introduction to algebra is meant for children.
		The paper "The calculus of logic" by George Boole, first published in The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, vol.
	www.mathforum.org /library/topics/logic (2213 words)

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