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Ashland native moves 'Monumental Women' project forward

Three women around a table doesn t seem like the greatest composition idea for a piece of sculpture. But ....

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100 years ago, Georgiana Simpson made history as the first Black woman to graduate with a Ph.D.

UChicago students, faculty reflect on injustices she faced, find inspiration in her legacy ....

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First, But Not Last: The Wonderful Life of Dr. Dykes | Opinion

Shae O. Omonijo is a first-year graduate student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
One hundred years ago today on January 29, 1921 at Radcliffe College, Dr. Eva Beatrice Dykes successfully submitted her dissertation “Pope and His Influence in America from 1715-1850” to become the first Black woman to complete the requirements for a Ph.D. in the United States. The morning I first saw Dr. Dykes’ dissertation submission for her Doctor of Philosophy in English Philology degree, Harvard announced the closure of campus due to the rising Covid-19 pandemic. Minutes after receiving the email from University President Lawrence S. Bacow, I rushed to Schlesinger Library archives to spend as much time as I could with Dr. Dykes’ Radcliffe records. ....

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