Mathematicians

Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890 – 1980)

Note: “She was an American educator and mathematician who was the first African American woman to receive a
doctoral degree in mathematics. She was also the first woman to chair the D.C. School Board.” [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

[Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons]

 

– – – Books – – –

Case, Bettye Anne, and Anne M. Leggett. 2005. Complexities: Women in Mathematics. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Kenschaft, Patricia C. 2005. Change is Possible: Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society.

– – – Websites – – –

Gregersen, Erik. “Euphemia Lofton Hayne,” Encyclopædia Britannica

Pitts, Vanessa. “Haynes, Martha Euphemia Lofton (1890-1980),” Balckpast.org

Williams, Scott W. (1 July 2001). “Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes, first African American woman mathematician” Mathematicians of the African diaspora.

Euphemia Haynes – Wikipedia

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Dr. Euphmia Lofton Haynes — The First African-American Female Ph.D. in Mathematics [Min: 4:19]

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