Frances Harshbarger (16 August 1902, Quimby, Iowa – 11 February 1987, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) was an American mathematician.

with honors in 1923 at Grinnell College,[2][3] and went to West Virginia University to serve as a half-time teacher and simultaneously work on her mathematics graduation; in 1925 she finished her M.A.

After that she became head of the mathematics department of Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia.

[1] She attended the 1932 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich as an official delegate.

[7] In 1934, she returned to the United States to teach at the high school associated with the University of Chicago.