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[[File:kovalevskaya.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Sofia Kovalevskaya]]

==Country==

Russia

==Birth - Death==

1850 - 1891

==Occupation==

Scientist, Academic

==Description==

Mathematician with an expertise in differential equations, notable for discovering the Kovalevsky Top and the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem.  Though she was prohibited from studying at a Russian university because of her gender (forced to study in Germany), she eventually became the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe (Stockholm University, 1889) and was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor (Acta Mathematica, 1888).  Partner was playwright Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler.  Also known as Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya.  

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ Russia]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sofya-Vasilyevna-Kovalevskaya
* https://www.thoughtco.com/sofia-kovalevskaya-biography-3530355