Episode 026: Sadie Alexander: A Woman Like Her
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In this special episode closing out our commemoration of Women's History Month, we pay tribute to Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, one of the most accomplished lawyers of the twentieth century.
In 1918, she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1927 she was the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Practicing alongside her husband, Raymond Pace Alexander, also a lawyer, she made significant contributions to the cause of civil rights, most notably with her economic analysis of New Deal Regulations and public works projects, and as a member of the 1947 President's Commission on Civil Rights.
Mrs. Alexander, who passed in 1989, was the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, serving from 1919 to 1923.
Special thanks to Sydney A. Pope for her portrayal of Mrs. Alexander.
For additional reference, read Sadie T.M. Alexander, The Best of Times and The Worst of Times, The University of Pennsylvania Law Alumni Journal, 1977; Kenneth W. Mack, Rethinking Civil Rights Lawyering and Politics in the Era before Brown, 115 Yale L.J. 256 (2005); Kenneth W. Mack, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer (Harvard University Press 2012).
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