Eva Dykes

About

Intellectual and academic who is most remembered as the first black American woman to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a doctoral degree.

Before Fame

In 1914 she graduated summa cum laude from Howard University.

Trivia

She was the third woman in history at the time to be awarded a Ph.D.

Family Life

She was born in Washington, DC.

Associated With

She and actress Phylicia Rashad both graduated from the historic black college Howard University.