1. I was born on September 11,1890

2. I was born in Washington D.C

3. I was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematices

5. I graduated valedictorian from Washington, D.C.’s M St. High School in 1907 and earned a teacher’s certificate from Miner Normal School upon her

graduation in 1909. 

4. My father ran a dental Practice for 30 years while working on civil rights issues

6. After I graduated in 1914, she taught in Washington, D.C. public schools.  7.In 1917 I married Harold A. Haynes, who was also a teacher in Washington.

8. In 1930, I received a masters degree in education from the University of Chicago, where she also did further graduate study in mathematics.

9. I taught in the public schools of Washington, DC for forty-seven years and was the first woman to chair the DC School Board.

Euphemia Lofton Haynes

Resources

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/haynes.euphemia.lofton.html

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/haynes-euphemia.htm