Dr. Granville (1924-2023) was the 2nd African American woman to earn a Ph.D in Mathematics. During her storied career, she made significant contributions to the mathematics, space technology, and computer programming fields, including developing software for NASA's project Apollo, working on the first mass-produced computer in the world, and writing computer programs for NASA's Project Vanguard and Project Mercury. She also mentored Dr. Vivienne Malone Mayes and Dr. Etta Zuber Falconer, the 5th and 11th Black women to receive their Ph.D.s in Mathematics, respectively.
“I always smile when I hear that women cannot excel in mathematics." -Evelyn Boyd Granville
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Evelyn Boyd Granville Papers Smith College Libraries
This collection contains correspondence, lecture scripts, papers from junior high school through graduate school, honors, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings and other publications, transcripts of speeches, and photographs.
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Yale University 1949 (Ph.D. Mathematics); Smith College 1945 (B.A. Mathematics and Physics, Summa Cum Laude); Dunbar High School
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