The Legend of Evelyn Boyd Granville

DYK? Did you know that Evelyn Boyd Granville was the second African women to ever receive a doctoral degree in the math field in an American university?

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A recreation of a photo of Evelyn Boyd Granville taken in 1945.

Source

Gregersen, Erik. "Evelyn Boyd Granville, Mathematician Who Broke Barriers, Dies at 99 - The Washington Post." Evelyn Granville, June 23, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/14/evelyn-boyd-granville-mathematician-black-dies/.