African Descent Archives - Page 118 of 132

Dr Betty Shabazz

Educator and civil rights activist Dr Betty Shabazz was the wife, and later widow, of Malcolm X.

Actress Adah Isaacs Menken was noted as a woman of extraordinary beauty, culture, and brilliancy. She was famous for her marriages and divorces, and a volume of poetry by her was published as Infelicia (1868).

Vivienne Malone-Mayes

Vivienne Malone-Mayes was an American mathematician and educationalist.

Euphemia Lofton Haynes

Euphemia Lofton Haynes was an American mathematician and educator, and the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics.

Evelyn Boyd Granville

Evelyn Boyd Granville was only the second African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from an American University. She worked in computing.

Etta Zuber Falconer

Etta Zuber Falconer was an American mathematician and educator. She was one of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.

Gloria Hewitt Conyers

Gloria Hewitt is an American mathematician who undertook research in algebra. She became the first African American woman to chair a university mathematics department in the United States.

Laila Soueif

Laila Soueif is an Egyptian mathematician who became a professor of mathematics at Cairo University. She is an activist for human rights and has been involved in many demonstrations including calling for academic freedom at Cairo University.

Marjorie Lee Browne

Marjorie Lee Browne was an American mathematical educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D.

Fatma Moalla

Fatma Moalla is a Tunisian mathematician who has undertaken research on Finsler spaces. In 1961 she became the first Tunisian to have been awarded the Agrégation in Mathematics in France and, in 1965, the first Tunisian woman to be awarded a doctorate in mathematics in France.