▁for ▁Women ▁in ▁Mathemat ics , ▁a ▁conference ▁held ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁women ▁in ▁mathematics ; ▁its ▁pl en ary ▁speak ers ▁were ▁, ▁Ev ely n ▁Bo yd ▁Gran ville , ▁Lisa ▁Gold berg , ▁Fern ▁H unt , ▁D iane ▁Lam bert , ▁C ath le en ▁Syn ge ▁Mor aw etz , ▁L inda ▁Pet z old , ▁Hel ene ▁Sh api ro , ▁Richard ▁S . ▁V arga , ▁Margaret ▁H . ▁Wright , ▁and ▁L ani ▁Wu . ▁The ▁final ▁chapter , ▁" In to ▁a ▁New ▁Century ", ▁consists ▁of ▁ess ays ▁by ▁the ▁you g ▁women ▁mathemat icians ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁published , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁in ▁non - ac ade mic ▁care ers . ▁A ▁collection ▁of ▁photograph s ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁is ▁included ▁as ▁an ▁append ix . ▁ ▁Despite ▁its ▁material ▁on ▁the ▁difficulties ▁faced ▁by ▁women ▁in ▁mathematics , ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁" fact ual ▁and ▁up be at ", ▁in ▁many ▁cases ▁covering ▁ordinary ▁mathematical ▁care ers ▁with ▁no ▁over t ▁disc rim ination , ▁and ▁celebr atory ▁rather ▁than ▁en cyc lop edic . ▁ ▁A udi ence ▁and ▁reception ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁aim ed ▁at ▁any ▁woman ▁interested ▁in ▁a ▁mathematical ▁career ▁and ▁anyone ▁else ▁" inter ested ▁in ▁the ▁struggle ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁female ▁mathemat icians ", ▁and ▁is ▁" int ended ▁to ▁encou rage ▁young ▁women