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Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (September 11, 1890 – July 25, 1980) was an American mathematician and educator. She was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from the Catholic University of America in 1943.
1943: Euphemia Lofton Haynes is the first African-American woman to gain a doctoral degree in mathematics. [6] 1951: The MAA Board of Governors adopted a resolution to conduct their scientific and business meetings, and social gatherings "without discrimination as to race, creed, or color". [5]
Euphemia Haynes was the very first African-American woman in the US to earn a doctorate in mathematics, having earned hers in 1943. [3] Later life and career
[14] The others honored were Ruth Ella Moore ("who in 1933 became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in natural science from the Ohio State University"), Euphemia Lofton Haynes ("who in 1943 became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Catholic University of America"), Shirley Ann Jackson ...
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
First African-American to attend the University of Alabama: Autherine Lucy. [36] She and Pollie Anne Myers had previously been the first black students admitted to the university, but had to undergo a three-year legal campaign to attend, and the university then found a pretext to block Myers's eventual admittance. [37]
1943: Euphemia Haynes became the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, which she earned from Catholic University of America. [7] 1949: Gertrude Mary Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute. [8]
Winifred Edgerton (September 24, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin.She was the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University [1] and the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics. [2]