On the day of Christmas Eve, five years before the turn of the century, Marguerite Thomas Williams (December 1895 – August 1991) was born. She was the youngest of her five siblings born to her parents Henry and Clara Thomas. We don’t know much about her early life. Perhaps her older brothers and sisters would take her by the hand when walking to school, maybe the family would g ...[Read More]
Marguerite Thomas Williams: The US’ first black person to obtain a doctorate in Geology
An artists illustration of Marguerite Thomas Williams (credit: Annique van der Boon)