Discusses ways to correct a gender-related mathematics myth. Describes three tasks acquainting students with female-mathematician role models, including interviews, displays, and biographical sketches. (20 references) (YP)

Fashion design is a field perceived as both a female and male domain that utilizes mathematics. Presents creative activities to teach the concept of symmetry as applied in fashion designs in the style of the famous French designer Madeleine Vionnet. (MDH)