at bryn mawr, noether met and befriended anna wheeler, who had studied at göttingen just before noether arrived there. another source of support at the college was the bryn mawr president, marion edwards park, who enthusiastically invited mathematicians in the area to "see dr. noether in action!" noether and a small team of students worked quickly through van der waerden's 1930 book "moderne algebra i" and parts of erich hecke's "theorie der algebraischen zahlen" ("theory of algebraic numbers").