American Mathematical Society history

In 1891 Charlotte Scott became the first woman to join the society.

The Society published its first book — Proceedings of the International Mathematical Congress of 1893

The society reorganized under its present name and became a national society in 1894, and that year Scott served as the first woman on the first Council of the American Mathematical Society.

An effort was made to have the American Mathematical Society (AMS) provide that home, but, after a study of that possibility in early 1914, the Council of the AMS adopted the following resolution:

The MAA was established in 1915.

The number of searchable reviews from 1940 to the present now on MathSciNet totals nearly 1,400,000.

The editorial office was initially at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, but moved to the nearby AMS office in 1951 when the AMS moved from New York to Providence.

Notices of the American Mathematical Society commenced publication. "The Council of the Society, on October 24, 1953 voted to establish a new periodical called Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

In establishing the Notices, the Council have sought to include only material of temporary interest, which should in general be discarded quickly although it can be preserved by those who wish to." Ref: Notices, Issue 1, February 1954.

The complete set of Annual Survey reports going back to 1957 can be found on the AMS website for those interested in tracing the history of various issues.

In 1975 she also became the first female mathematician to be elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences.

In 1976, the MAA published The Bicentennial Tribute to American Mathematics: 1776-1976.

In 1988 the Journal of the American Mathematical Society was created, with the intent of being the flagship journal of the AMS.

1990 e-MATH Introduced On October 15th the AMS introduced e-MATH, its new electronic service for the mathematical profession.

1992 AMS opened Washington, DC office

Browse Notices of the AMS online back to 1995.

Scheduled for public release on January 1, 1996, MathSciNet delivers unparalleled access to the Mathematical Reviews database by taking full advantage of the Web's hypertext linking capabilities.

1999 Over 500,000 reviews added to the MathSciNet® database.

2000 SIAM joined the AMS and MAA in sponsoring the JMM

"Interview with Joan Birman," by Allyn Jackson and Lisa Traynor, January 2007

"Henri's Crystal Ball," by Philip Davis and David Mumford [on the 100th anniversary of a lecture by Henri Poincaré], April 2008

"Remembering John Stallings," Danny Calegari and Benson Farb, Coordinating Editors, December 2009

"A Tribute to Henri Cartan," Luc Illusie and Pierre Cartier, Coordinating Editors, September 2010

Largest JMM in history — January 4, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts

November 24, 2013 — In 2013, the AMS celebrated 125 years of advancing mathematics.

"Happy 91st, Cathleen Synge Morawetz," by Allyn Jackson, May 2014

"Reflections on Paul Erdős on His Birth Centenary (part 2)," Krishnaswami Alladi and Steven Krantz, Coordinating Editors, March 2015

"Who Would Have Won the Fields Medal 150 Years Ago?," by Jeremy Gray, March 2016

Creates 2020 Fund and sets forth plan to create fellowship in support of Black mathematicians

In March 2021, the task force submitted a final draft of its report to AMS governance.