Black History Fact Of The Day

Written By: Elsie Law - Mar• 10•14

Euphemia Hayes was a mathematician and educator. She was the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics. She earned her doctorate in 1943 from the Catholic University of America.

Euphemia Hayes also established the math department at Miners Teacher’s College.

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