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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.
Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes: 11 September 1890 Washington, D.C. 25 July 1980 Washington, D.C. Married Layperson Washington, D.C. Heroic Virtues Carol Ann Piette (rel. name: Rosa Carol) 29 September 1939 Appleton, Wisconsin: 23 August 1980 El Zapote, Ahuachapán, El Salvador Professed Religious, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic: Chalatenango
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]
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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
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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]