Mathematician and educator Marjorie Lee Browne was born on September 9, 1914, in Memphis, Tennessee. A pioneering academic, Browne earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1949, making her only the third female African American to earn a Ph.D. in her field (after Evelyn Boyd Granville and Euphemia Lofton Haynes, who earned their degrees in 1949 and … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African American Mathematicians
Marjorie Lee Browne
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Women Game-Changers in the STEM Fields
Marjorie Lee Browne (September 9, 1914 – October 19, 1979) was a noted mathematics educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a doctorate in mathematics. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Women Game-Changers in the STEM Fields