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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

And The WINNER To The Fernando Tickets Is........

Who was the first black woman to receive a PhD in history in the US?

Answer: Marion Thompson Wright 1940 Columbia University.


In 1940 Marion Thompson Wright became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in history . She received her PhD from Columbia University.

To verify tonights answer please go to NJ Encyclopedia


The Winner is Nikki Johnson!!!!!

Congratulations Nikki!!!!

You can pick up your two FREE tickets at the Will Call Window at the Civic Center Friday Night.


29 comments:

Anonymous said...

are you sure...

Anonymous said...

Lulu Johnson

Though it was frequently difficult to do, African American women earned degrees and participated in higher education in Iowa. Lulu Johnson, a native of Gravity, Iowa, attended the University of Iowa, receiving her B.A. in 1930, her M.A. that same year, and her Ph.D. in HISTORY in 1941. She was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and the first African American woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in HISTORY. you did say history lol

Anonymous said...

http://www.blackiowa.org/exhibits/moments/women.html i am going to protest this one joe


dwayne pellegrin

Anonymous said...

I have literally sat by my laptop since 12:30 answered first BUT didnt read the complete question.... missed the whole history thing saw the first phd thing CRAP!!!!! RP

Anonymous said...

/www.blackiowa.org/exhibits/moments/women.html

EarlsSister said...

Marion Thompson Wright got her PhD in 1940 at Columbia University. Lulu Johnson received hers from the Univ of Iowa in 1941.

Anonymous said...

Joe...

Could you please post a tentative schedule for the evening? I am hearing conflicting stories about the start time.

Heard on WBOC tonight that it didn't start till 9 PM but the doors open at 7:30. Please clarify.

Anonymous said...

check again joe...
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (ca. August 10, 1858---February 27, 1964) was an author, educator and one of the most important African American scholars in United States history. Upon receiving a Ph. D in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, Cooper became the fourth African American woman to earn a doctorate degree. She was also a prominent member of Washington, DC's African American community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Cooper

Anonymous said...

Julia Haywood received her PhD at the Sorbonne in Paris, France not the United States.

EarlsSister said...

Michael,

In 1925, at the age of sixty-six, Anna Julia Cooper became the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in history (University of Paris, Sorbonne). In 1940, more than a decade after Cooper's monumental accomplishment, Marion Thompson Wright became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history (Columbia University) in the United States.

Anonymous said...

http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/history/first_and_foremost.html
who knows which is right


d pellegrin

Anonymous said...

wikipedia says sandie alexander in 1921... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Tanner_Mossell_Alexander

joe albero said...

anonymous 10:27, we said the United States.

joe albero said...

This is getting ridiculous. We searched high and low and we have the right answer. LOOK at the details of the QUESTION we asked and clearly, again, we have the right answer.

If you want to put up evidence, (rather than links) I do not have the time to keep going back and forth. We have looked at every link so far and we're right. Look at the question carefully, (like I said earlier) and you'll see we are right. I have been on thie computer since 6:30 this morning and I'm not going to look at any more links.

Anonymous said...

sadie alexander
"When she reached high school, she went to live in Washington, DC with her uncle, Lewis Baxter Moore, who was dean at Howard University. She attended the M Street High School in Washington and graduated in 1915. She then attended the School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1918. She entered the Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania to study economics. In 1921, she became the first African American woman in the U.S. to obtain a Ph.D. She went to work for the black-owned North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in Durham, North Carolina for two years. In 1923, shortly after Raymond, her future husband was admitted to the Bar and opened his practice, she returned to Philadelphia to be married. In the fall of 1924, she entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She became the first African American woman to graduate from that institution and the first African American woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1927. Later, she joined her husband's law practice, specializing in estate and family law. She was appointed Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia and held that position from 1928 to 1930 and from 1934 to 1938."

EarlsSister said...

I just posted a link under the question where our information can be verified in the Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Please see the link on the announcement post. Thank you.

EarlsSister said...

Sadie Alexander was the first woman to receive a PhD in the US but, her doctorate was in economics, not history.

Nothing has been lost this evening, we all learned something we didn't know.

Anonymous said...

Joe It is "for" history in this kind of use in a sentence. "In" infers a verb.And isnt it wrong for two verbs to be used in one sentence with out a conjuntion?

Therefore the first black woman to recieve a PhD in history would be Sadie Alexander in the US.

http://www.oldetimecooking.com/People/sadie_tanner_alexander.htm

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah it was in 1921 for economics.

ferrill wilson

Anonymous said...

But Your the boss , boss. I cede to your interpretation of the question. You and others must of known what you were asking for . Nice tricky wording. Your win.

ferrill wilson

EarlsSister said...

You see Ferrill, we both learned something. :)

EarlsSister said...

Come back tomorrow and try again. We'll make every attempt to do better with our wording. Have a nice night.

Anonymous said...

Yes but the word history should of been capitolized if it was to be used as a proper noun.

Very poor sentencing. Was it not ?

Anonymous said...

A for question , F- for sentence composition.

Better luck next time guys. fw

Daddio said...

Not so fast, 11:35/11:38.

If the question was worded, "Who was the first black woman in history to receive a PhD in the US" then you might have a point.

But since that was listed after the term "PhD" in the original question, we have to infer that the PhD was earned based on studies of history, vs other areas, such as economics, etc.

I concur that the question was worded correctly.

Joe, you might want to add a disclaimer such as "the decision of the judges shall be final" to your subsequent trivia contests.

joe albero said...

Hey Daddio, guess what, I am the final decision maker. No disclaimer needed, LOL ;-)

Anonymous said...

The question did not say, in the history of the United States, it says in history in the United States. I think Joe might be right on this one.

Anonymous said...

Thanks again for the tickets Joe. I'm looking forward to going to the fight tomorrow. It is my first fight and it's even better that it's our hometown hero! Thanks again!!

Anonymous said...

'history' should have been capitalized