Following her father’s passion for mathematics and with his encouragement Dr. Marjorie Lee Browne would become one of the first African American women to earn a doctorate in mathematics.
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While much of Dr. Eleanor Baum’s career has been in academia. she also has worked in the aerospace engineering and has been a consultant involved with the practical side of other electrical engineering pursuits as well.
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May 1st marks the birthday of mathematician and educator Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, a native of Washington D.C., one of the first African American women to earn a doctorate in mathematics, and computer programmer for various space missions.
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