"Work hard and prepare perfectly for every case and devote yourself to further causes which advance improvement of all phases of the human condition and spirit."
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Sadie T. M. Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (January 2, 1898 – November 1, 1989) was a pioneering Black professional and civil rights activist of the early-to-mid-20th century. In 1921, Mossell Alexander was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. and the first one to receive one in economics in the United States.
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