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Evelyn Boyd Granville
Evelyn Boyd Granville (born May 1, 1924) was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American University; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University (she attended Smith College before Yale). She performed pioneering work in the field of computing.
Education.
Evelyn Boyd was born in Washington, D.C.; her father worked odd jobs due to the Great Depression but separated from her mother when Boyd was young. Boyd and her older sister were raised by
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See also.
- Euphemia Haynes, another African-American woman who earned a Ph.D. in mathematics even earlier, in 1943.
Further reading.
- The Lives We Lead: Evelyn Boyd Granville '45, interview with Granville for the Smith alumnae association
External links.
- Evelyn Granville's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project