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| Born | Vernie Merze Tate February 6, 1905 |
| Died | June 27, 1996 (aged 91) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Western Michigan Teachers College University of Oxford Geneva Graduate Institute Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, educator |
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]
- ^ Savage, Barbara D. (2021), Rietzler, Katharina; Owens, Patricia (eds.), "Beyond Illusions: Imperialism, Race, and Technology in Merze Tate's International Thought", Women's International Thought: A New History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 266–285, doi:10.1017/9781108859684.017, ISBN 978-1-108-49469-4, S2CID 234271808, archived from the original on 2021-01-13, retrieved 2021-03-06