Who is Teresa Cohen?
Teresa Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Valentine's Day
1892. She attended the Friends School in Baltimore where she
credits one of her teachers with sparking her interest in
mathematics and teaching.Cohen earned her bachelor of arts degree
in mathematics and physics at Goucher College in 1912, with a minor
in chemistry. Her graduate work was done at Johns Hopkins
University where she earned her master's degree in 1915 and her
Ph.D. in mathematics in 1918.