Harriet Redfield Cobb

Cobb taught mathematics at schools in Louisiana and Ohio before returning to Smith as a mathematics instructor in 1895.^[2] She taught geometry^[3] at Smith College^[4] until she retired as professor emerita in 1931. Her colleagues at Smith included fellow mathematics professors Eleanor P. Cushing. Ruth Goulding Wood, and Suzan Rose Benedict.^[5][6] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a president of the Western Massachusetts Mathematics Association. She also taught Bible study classes at a Congregational church.^[2]

Cobb was a busy traveler. She made an eight-month trip around the world with her friend, Pennsylvania math educator Sarah Gilbert, in 1907 and 1908.^[7] She traveled to China several times in the 1920s,^[8] and consulted there on math education for Chinese women.^[3]

Cobb spent much of her retirement in Florida.^[9] She was active in Smith alumnae activities there.^[10] In 1936 she spoke to an audience of retired teachers in Florida about "The Pioneer Spirit of Smith College".^[11]

Cobb died in 1958, aged 91 years, in Northampton, Massachusetts.^[12]