Merze Tate
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Vernie Merze Tate (February 6, 1905 – June 27, 1996) was a professor, scholar and expert on United States diplomacy. She was the first African-American graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College, first African-American woman to attend the University of Oxford, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University (then Radcliffe College), as well as one of the first two female members to join the Department of History at Howard University.[1]
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Merze Tate | |
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Born | Vernie Merze Tate (1905-02-06)February 6, 1905 |
Died | June 27, 1996(1996-06-27) (aged 91) Washington, D.C. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Western Michigan Teachers College University of Oxford Geneva Graduate Institute Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Academic, educator |
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