Who was the first black woman to receive a PhD in history in the US?
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (January 2, 1898 – November 1, 1989) was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and was the first National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
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# Lulu Johnson—The first African American in the United States to earn a doctorate in history and first African American woman to earn a PhD from The University of Iowa. BA, 1930; MA, 1930; PhD, History, 1941. She died in 1995.
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Eva Beatrice Dykes
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i in 1921 3 African American women earned their phd's They were Georgiana Simpson, Sadie Alexander and Eva Dykes. From what I can tell I believe Georgiana simpson was the first.
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ReplyDeleteHi in 1921 3 African American women earned their phd's They were Georgiana Simpson, Sadie Alexander and Eva Dykes. From what I can tell I believe Georgiana simpson was the first.
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i in 1921 3 African American women earned their phd's They were Georgiana Simpson, Sadie Alexander and Eva Dykes. From what I can tell I believe Georgiana simpson was the first.
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In 1921, three individuals became the first U.S. black women to earn Ph.D.s: Georgiana Simpson, University of Chicago; Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, University of Pennsylvania; and Eva Beatrice Dykes, Radcliffe College
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She earned a doctorate degree in mathematics from Catholic University of America (CUA) in 1943, becoming the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. degree in mathematics.
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Marion Thompson Wright became the first African American woman to earn a Phd in history . She recieved her phd from Columbia University in 1940 . Kelly Behrens
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Ph.D. in Economics from University of Pennsylvania
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Marion Thompson Wright was the first African-American female to earn a doctorate in History in the US
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In 1921, three individuals became the first U.S. black women to earn Ph.D.s: Georgiana Simpson, University of Chicago; Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, University of Pennsylvania; and Eva Beatrice Dykes, Radcliffe College.
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was it georgiana simpson?
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, PhD in Economics?
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Euphemia Lofton Haynes?
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Dr. Jean Hamilton Walls
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How about Sadie M. Alexander?
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Answer is Lulu Johnson
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Ph.D. in Economics from University of Pennsylvania in 1921
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Three Black female scholars become the first African American women to earn Ph.D.s. They are Georgiana Simpson (German Language and Literature, University of Chicago), Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (Economics, University of Pennsylvania), and Eva Beatrice Dykes (English Philology, Radcliffe College).
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In 1921, 3 first african american women got phds , they were: Georgiana Simpson,university of Chicago; Sadie Tanner Mosser Alexander, university of PA; Eva Beatrice Dykes,Radcliffe college.
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In 1921, three individuals became the first U.S. black women to earn Ph.D.s: Georgiana Simpson, University of Chicago; Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, University of Pennsylvania; and Eva Beatrice Dykes, Radcliffe College.
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