Otelia Cromwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOtelia Cromwell
American writer
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1874
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 25-Apr-1972
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Otelia Cromwell
- Otelia Cromwell (April 8, 1874 – April 25, 1972) was a distinguished scholar and Professor of English Language and Literature at Miner Teachers College.
- She was the first African American to graduate from Smith College, receiving a B.A.
- in Classics.
- She later earned her M.A.
- at Columbia University in 1910 and a Ph.D.
- in English at Yale University in 1926, becoming the first African American woman to earn a doctorate degree there.
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