Enriqueta González Baz

[1][2] Enriqueta González Baz was born in Mexico City on Calle de Correo Mayor on September 22, 1915.

After completing secondary school, her father, Roberto González Baz, sent her to a two-year program at the Escuela Doméstica for domestic studies.

At this school, one of her teachers, Elena Picazo de Murray, recognized González Baz's talent for studying, so she urged her to pursue higher education.

She wrote a thesis on Special Functions (Bessel, Gamma, and Legendre) and completed postgraduate studies at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

González Baz died on December 22, 2002, "leaving an open door for the next generations of women attracted to the study of mathematics."