Lillian Katie Bradley | |
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Born | |
Died | February 11, 1995 | (aged 73)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Years active | 1938 - ??? |
Known for | Being the first black woman to receive a mathematics doctorate from the University of Texas |
Lillian Katie Bradley (October 15, 1921 [1] – February 11, 1995 [2]) was an American mathematician and mathematics educator who in 1960 became the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in any subject at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [3] [4] [5] She accomplished this ten years after African-Americans were first admitted to the school, despite the discriminatory views of R. L. Moore an influential professor in the mathematics department at University of Texas at Austin. [6]
Bradley was born in Tyler, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1938 from Texas College, and a master's degree in mathematics education in 1946 from the University of Michigan. [1] She became a teacher at a segregated black high school in Hawkins, Texas, at Paul Quinn College, and at Texas College, before becoming an assistant professor of mathematics at Prairie View A&M College. There, in 1957–1958, she was awarded a National Science Faculty Fellowship, one of only 100 awarded in the inaugural year of the program. [3]
She completed her doctorate at the University of Texas in July 1960. [3] Her dissertation, in mathematics education, was An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Collegiate General Mathematics Course. [7] In 1962 she moved from Prairie View to Texas Southern University, as an associate professor. [8]
Bradley died in February 1995 at the age of 76. [2]
Lillian Katie Bradley | |
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Born | |
Died | February 11, 1995 | (aged 73)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Years active | 1938 - ??? |
Known for | Being the first black woman to receive a mathematics doctorate from the University of Texas |
Lillian Katie Bradley (October 15, 1921 [1] – February 11, 1995 [2]) was an American mathematician and mathematics educator who in 1960 became the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in any subject at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [3] [4] [5] She accomplished this ten years after African-Americans were first admitted to the school, despite the discriminatory views of R. L. Moore an influential professor in the mathematics department at University of Texas at Austin. [6]
Bradley was born in Tyler, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1938 from Texas College, and a master's degree in mathematics education in 1946 from the University of Michigan. [1] She became a teacher at a segregated black high school in Hawkins, Texas, at Paul Quinn College, and at Texas College, before becoming an assistant professor of mathematics at Prairie View A&M College. There, in 1957–1958, she was awarded a National Science Faculty Fellowship, one of only 100 awarded in the inaugural year of the program. [3]
She completed her doctorate at the University of Texas in July 1960. [3] Her dissertation, in mathematics education, was An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Collegiate General Mathematics Course. [7] In 1962 she moved from Prairie View to Texas Southern University, as an associate professor. [8]
Bradley died in February 1995 at the age of 76. [2]