亚洲博彩网站校友Euphemia Lofton Haynes为未来的学生和教育领导者铺平了道路,她是第一位获得数学博士学位的非裔美国女性。
出生于1890年9月11日的玛莎·尤菲米娅·洛夫顿在华盛顿特区长大,并于1909年获得了Miner师范学校的教育学位。 五年后,她完成了马萨诸塞州北安普顿史密斯学院的数学文学学士学位。, and, in 1930, attained a Master’s in Education from the University of Chicago.
那一年,海恩斯还在迈纳师范学院(后来更名为亚洲博彩网站)成立了数学系,专注于培训非裔美国教师。 海恩斯成为了该校的一名教授,并担任数学系主任近30年,担任数学与商业教育部主任。 偶尔,她在霍华德大学兼职教书。
Haynes continued her studies in mathematics at Catholic University, and in 1943, earned a Ph.D.—making her the first African American woman to do so in the subject. 在获得博士学位后,她开始了在华盛顿特区提供学术支持和影响力的一生之旅。
Haynes taught in D.C. Public Schools for 47 years and was an outspoken critic of the school system’s 事实上的 system of segregation and its track structure, which placed students in academic or vocational programs depending on their ability. 她认为赛车场歧视黑人和贫困学生; 后来,海恩斯在1966年至1967年担任华盛顿特区公立学校董事会主席时废除了这一制度。 She served as a member of the nine-member school board for seven years—then appointed by judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—before becoming its president and the first chair of the board.
After retiring from public schools in 1959, Haynes devoted herself to many causes and organizations, among them the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, the Committee of International Social Welfare and the Executive Committee of the National Social Welfare Assembly. 她还共同创立了哥伦比亚特区天主教跨种族委员会。 海恩斯曾在天主教慈善机构的董事会任职,也是基督徒和犹太人全国会议(现在被称为全国社区和正义会议)华盛顿分支机构的成员。 In 1959, Haynes was awarded a papal medal, the 《教会与宗座》 for her efforts on behalf of the Catholic Church and her community.
Haynes’ father was a prominent dentist known for supporting African American businesses in the D.C. area and her mother was active in the Catholic Church.
In 1917, Haynes married childhood friend Harold Appo Haynes, an influential leader in Washington’s African American school system, where he served as a school principal and a deputy superintendent of D.C. Public Schools.
海恩斯继续在华盛顿特区的天主教会工作,直到1980年去世,享年89岁。
