how did clarence francis stephens become famous
From 1943 to 1969, thirteen african american women earn the Ph.D. in Mathematics. 1943 Euphemia Lofton Haynes (Catholic University), the first african american woman, and Clarence F. Stephens (University of Michigan) become the ninth and tenth african americans to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics. See our web page Black Women in Mathematics for a chronology of the first 20 Black women Ph.D.'s.