Edith Rita Lowenstern (26 December 1904 – 1970) was an Australian mathematician.
She was born in Dandenong and educated at Melbourne Girls Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where she captained the women's hockey team in 1924–1925.[1] She then worked as a tutor at Melbourne before being appointed as lecturer at the University of Tasmania, becoming the first full-time female lecturer at that institution, as well as the second female mathematics lecturer in Australia.[2]
Lowenstern resigned in 1936, married, and moved to Bicheno.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Ainsworth, Barbara. "Edith Rita Lowenstern (1904–1970)". People Australia. National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ Praeger, Cheryl E.; Ward, Lesley A. "Women Working in Mathematics in Australian Universities, and the Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group (WIMSIG)" (PDF). Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "The Mysterious Miss Lowenstern". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 13 March 2026.