Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
(1898-1989)
First African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (January 2, 1898 – November 1, 1989), was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States (1921), and the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was the first African-American woman to practice law in Pennsylvania, following in her father's footsteps. She was the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, serving from 1919 to 1923.
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2 January 1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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1 November 1989 (aged 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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