Merze tate biography
Merze tate biography
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Merze Tate
American academic (1904–1996)
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]
Early life and education
Tate was born February 6, 1905, in rural Rolland Township, Michigan,[2][3] to farmers Charles and Myrtle Tate.[4] Her great-grandparents had migrated to Michigan from Ohio after receiving land through the Homestead Act.[5]
She began attending Rolland Township Elementary School Number Five, which was located on land owned by her family.
At age 13 she entered Bla