English: Glora is an American mathematician and educator, notable for being the first African American women to publish a non PhD thesis. Gloria Ford earned a B.S. in mathematics from Morgan State University where she was a student of Clarence Stephens. Then she earned an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and taught it six different HBCUs. After marriage and children an working outside of the university for a few years, Gloria Ford Gilmer earned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Marquette University. She has taught in the public schools and at several colleges and universities. Dr. Gilmer was the first Black female on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America (1980-82). She has also served as a Research associate with the U.S. Department of Education. She was the first woman to give the National Association of Mathematician's Cox-Talbot Address. Dr. Gilmer is a leader in the field Ethnomathematics, and she was co-founder (1985), the first president of, and serves on the Executive Board of International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm).