![German mathematician Emmy Noether (shown here in this portrait) was born on March 23, 1882, in Erlangen, Germany, and died April 14, 1935, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tJuhKVtpt6hbMdsatxUozA-320-80.jpg)
Math genius Emmy Noether endured sexism and Nazism. 100 years later, her ideas still ring true.
Albert Einstein described Emmy Noether as a "creative mathematical genius" who, despite "unselfish, significant work over a period of many years," did not get the recognition she deserved.