____ was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D.in the United States.

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Inez Prosser was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the United States, which she earned in the field of psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1933. Mary Calkins and Margaret Washburn were both white women who earned Ph.D.s in psychology in the early 1900s, and Beatrice Collins is not a known figure in the history of psychology or education.

____ Was the First African-American Woman to Earn a Ph