Euphemia Haynes

Euphemia Lofton Haynes
Born	(1890-09-11)September 11, 1890 Washington, D.C., United States
Died	July 25, 1980(1980-07-25) (aged 89) Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of the District of Columbia, Smith College, University of Chicago, The Catholic University of America
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Thesis	Determination of Sets of Independent Conditions Characterizing Certain Special Cases of Symmetric Correspondences (1943)
Doctoral advisor	Aubrey Edward Landry

Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes (September 11, 1890 – July 25, 1980) was an American mathematician and educator. She was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, which she earned from the Catholic University of America in 1943.^[1]