When was euphemia lofton haynes born

Join the conversation Share your thoughts. Subscribe to premium. History July 19, at am. A graphical representation of the Golden Ratio. Image source: livescience. Lavinia Day Lofton. After graduating from Washington D. Miner Normal School with distinction, she went on to earn an undergraduate mathematics major and psychology minor from Smith College in In she married Harold Appo Haynes. Haynes pursued graduate studies in mathematics and education at the University of Chicago, earning a masters degree in education in Lavina Day Lofton in Washington, D.

William Lofton was a prominent dentist and a financial supporter of black institutions and charities. Her mother was active in the Catholic Church. Finally, at the age of 53, she earned her Ph. In , Martha Euphemia Lofton married Harold Appo Haynes who later became a school principal and then deputy superintendent of colored schools in Washington, D. The couple did not have any children. Harold Haynes died in She was a professor of mathematics at Miner Teachers College establishing their mathematics department in and the District of Colombia Teachers College.