▁to ▁enter ▁mathematics ". ▁Rev iewer ▁Peg gy ▁Kid well ▁suggests ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁histor ians ▁of ▁mathematics ▁in ▁its ▁documentation ▁of ▁many ▁current ▁practices . ▁And ▁rev iewer ▁Sh and elle ▁H enson ▁recomm ends ▁it ▁to ▁all ▁professional ▁mathemat icians , ▁to ▁provide ▁history ▁and ▁context ▁to ▁the ▁strugg les ▁still ▁faced ▁by ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁students , ▁to ▁help ▁face ▁down ▁their ▁own ▁pre jud ices , ▁and ▁to ▁avoid ▁back sl iding ▁in ▁the ▁progress ▁we ▁have ▁made ▁as ▁a ▁society ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁obst acles ▁for ▁women ▁in ▁mathematics . ▁ ▁A ▁small ▁compla int ▁of ▁Kid well ▁is ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁bibli ography ▁of ▁related ▁literature ▁on ▁women ▁in ▁mathematics . ▁A . ▁E . ▁L . ▁Davis , ▁a ▁British ▁rev iewer , ▁critic izes ▁the ▁US - cent ric ▁focus ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁as ▁does ▁Argent in ian - born ▁math ematic ian ▁Marian ne ▁K orten . ▁Davis ▁writes ▁that ▁" only ▁parts " ▁of ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁British ▁readers , ▁calls ▁the ▁first ▁chapter ' s ▁coverage ▁of ▁historical ▁women ▁in ▁mathematics ▁" r ather ▁disappoint ing " ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁en cyc lop edic ▁Women ▁of ▁Mathemat ics : ▁A ▁Bio - B ibli ographic ▁Source book ▁by ▁Louise ▁Gr in stein ▁and ▁Paul ▁Campbell , ▁and ▁critic izes ▁the ▁Tod d ▁C ele br ation ▁section ▁as ▁too ▁special ized ▁and ▁technical ▁for ▁the ▁audience ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁Nevertheless ,