Frances McBroom Thompson
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Frances Ann McBroom Thompson (October 25, 1942 – April 23, 2014) was an American mathematics educator and textbook author who became a professor at Texas Woman's University.
Thompson was born in Brownwood, Texas, on October 25, 1942; her parents were Alexander Moreland McBroom and Myrtle Marie Huff McBroom. She was a student at Brownwood High School, and graduated cum laude after three years of study from Abilene Christian University, in 1963. She earned a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin in 1967, and completed a doctorate in mathematics education at the University of Georgia in 1973.[1]
She taught mathematics at the junior high and high school level, and joined the faculty at Texas Woman's University circa 1983, retiring as a full professor there in 2009.[1] She worked on statewide programs to improve teacher education in Texas, and served as an evaluator for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.[2] As well as teaching mathematics, she was a frequent teacher of Bible school classes through her church.[1][2]
She died of cancer on April 23, 2014.[1]
