# Helen Infeld

> Helen Infeld was a mathematics professor and one of the few women to earn a doctorate in mathematics in the United States before World War II. For her anti-fascist political views, which were viewed as pro-communist, she was forced to leave Canada with her family and move to Poland to escape the consequences of McCarthyism in North America.

*American mathematician (1907-1993)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/helen-infeld

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1907-07-20
- **Died:** 1993-07-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 34.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 44.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Helen Infeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Infeld)
- [ہیلن انفیلڈ](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%88)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102198390)

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