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African American Woman 1906 Undergraduate Astronomy Degree

Posted by JC Holbrook on February 13, 2013 at 8:53pm

I just tweeted: It's possible finding all the AfricanAmerican PhD Astrophysicists: today found maybe 1st AfriAm Undergraduate woman 

 

Meaning, 1906 an African American woman graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne. She was the first Black woman to attend and to graduate. She went on to be a career educator and racked up several degrees. 

UI is naming a building after this wonderful woman!

Maudelle Tanner Brown Bousfield

Thanks Claude Poux for pointing me in her direction. 

Tags: 1906, african, american, astronomy, illinois, maudelle tanner brown bousfield, university
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