Marie S. Wilcox
Marie S. Wilcox was an American high school mathematics teacher and textbook author who served as president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Education and career
Wilcox was a graduate of Indiana [University Bloomington], and taught mathematics at George Washington Community High School and Thomas [Carr Howe Community High School] in Indianapolis from 1927 until retiring in 1969. She served as president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics from 1954 to 1956.After retiring, she moved to Florida, where she died on September 29, 1995.
Books
Wilcox was the author or coauthor of textbooks in mathematics including:- Algebra, First Course
- Algebra, Second Course
- Mathematics, a Modern Approach
- Basic Modern Mathematics
- Contemporary Algebra, First Course
- Contemporary Algebra, Second Course
- Mathematics, a Modern Approach, Second Course
- ''Basic Algebra''