Biography of evelyn boyd granville

American academic (–)

Evelyn Boyd Granville (May 1, – June 27, ) was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university;^[2] she earned it in from Yale University.

She graduated from Smith College in ^[3][4][5] She performed pioneering work in the field of computing.^{[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Education

Evelyn Boyd was born in Washington, D.C.; her father worked odd jobs due to the Great Depression but separated from her mother when Boyd was young.

Boyd and her older sister were raised by her mother and aunt, who both worked at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. She was valedictorian at Dunbar High School, which at that time was a segregated but academically competitive school for black students in Washington.^[3][4]

With financial support from her aunt a