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Euphemia Haynes
- Basic Info
- b. 1890, Washington D.C.; d. 1980.
- Was extremely involved in her
church community and the
education system in Washington
DC
- First African American woman
to earn a Ph.D.
- Other Involvement
- Vice President of the Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women
- Committee of International Social
Welfare
- Secretary and member of the Executive
Committee of D.C. Health and Welfare
Council
- National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
- League of Women Voters
- American Association of University
Women
- Teacher & Researcher
- Taught at the public schools in Washington
D.C. for forty-seven years
- First woman to chair the D.C. school board
- Taught as an English and mathematics teacher
- Classes ranged from first grade to college
level
- 1959: retired from the public school system
- Remained head of the city board of education
and was an important part of the integration
of DC public schools
- Youth & Studies
- 1914: B.A. from Smith College
- Major in mathematics minor
in psychology
- 1930: MA from the University
of Chicago in Mathematics
- 1943: Ph.D. in Mathematics
from Catholic University of
America
- Later Years
- 1980: died of a heart attack in
her home town
- Left $700,000 to catholic
university to support a
professorial chair and student
loan fund in the school of
education