Girls+just+wanna+have+Sums

Back in the day (well, April 30, 2006 actually) the TV show //The Simpsons// aired an episode called //Girls Just Want to Have Sums.// This was a play on the Cyndi Lauper tune "girls just wanna have . . .okay, okay, you get it. The episode got into the topic of women in mathematics.

Dr. Sarah Greenwald, a professor at Appalachian State University was so inspired by this episode, that she created an entire website called "Simpson Math!"

Check out this link http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/simpsonsmath//sums.html

To get the full details including a link to an interview with one of the writers for this episode.