Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts, including being the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD ...

A native of Philadelphia, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander earned five degrees at the University of Pennsylvania She was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics; she completed ...

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in the United States, will be honored with ...

Five finalists have been selected to create and propose designs for a statue celebrating economist, lawyer and civil rights advocate Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. The finalists are sculptor ...

In 2020, Alexander and Mitchell were selected by the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Black Law Students Association to receive the Dr. Sadie Alexander Leadership Awards for their outstanding ...