Lennie Phoebe Copeland (1881–1951) was an American mathematician and professor at Wellesley College, and was one of the few women to earn a doctorate in mathematics before World War II.
[2] She was immediately asked to join the faculty at Wellesley where she knew many esteemed mathematicians and ended up spending the remainder of her teaching career there.
As part of her research, she collected rare books, especially those about math recreations, and donated them to the Wellesley Treasure Room in the library.
She enjoyed travel and did so widely for many years, often with her friend and housemate, retired Wellesley mathematician Clara Eliza Smith, who died suddenly in May 1943 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
[3] After retiring from Wellesley in 1946, Copeland moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, and lived with Carol S. Scott, a friend from the College.