Kent, Deborah Anne (Author)
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Volume: 27
Pages: 38--49
Alliances between American mathematics and the military were not well defined when the United States entered World War I in April of 1917. Although academic mathematicians -- like other American faculty members and students -- were among the strongest supporters of the cause, it took time to identify how and where to utilize their technical training in the war effort. This paper investigates the case of Alice Bach Gould, one of E H Moore's mathematics graduate students at the University of Chicago, and her efforts to support US military endeavors with her scientific expertise. Although Gould's substantial research accomplishments in Spanish archives eventually surpassed her mathematical achievements, her quest for war work in 1917 nonetheless illustrates the difficulty of contributing mathematical training to patriotic service in the United States during World War I.
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