Saly Ruth Ramler facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Saly Ruth Ramler
Born	November 10, 1894 Kolomyia
Died	1993
Alma mater	Charles University in Prague
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Doctoral advisor	Gerhard Kowalewski Georg Alexander Pick

Saly Ruth Ramler (1894–1993), also known as Saly Ruth Struik, was the first woman to receive a mathematics PhD from the German University in Prague, now known as Charles University. Her 1919 dissertation, on the axioms of affine geometry, was supervised by Gerhard Kowalewski and Georg Alexander Pick. She married the Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics Dirk Jan Struik in 1923. Between 1924 and 1926, the pair traveled Europe and met many prominent mathematicians, using Dirk Struik's Rockefeller fellowship. In 1926, they emigrated to the United States, and Dirk Struik accepted a position at MIT.