Gertrude Mary Cox
January 13, 1900 – October 17, 1978
FARM LIFE
Gertrude Mary Cox grew up on a farm in a small town in Iowa. During her childhood, she and her three siblings did many farm chores. Gertrude loved to make bread. She admired her mother, who taught her the values of her church. This led Gertrude to dream of becoming a deaconess—a church official—as an adult.
RELIGION TO STATISTICS
After high school, Gertrude studied to become a deaconess, but after a few years, she realized she wanted to go to college to study mathematics. At Iowa State College in Ames, Gertrude was interested in more than just math, and she took classes in several other areas, including psychology. To make money, she worked in the computing laboratory, doing ...
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