Dr. Annette Lewis Phinazee was both the first woman and the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in Library Science from Columbia University.
1961 - Dr. Annette Lewis Phinazee was both the first woman and the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in Library Science from Columbia University.
Dr. Annette Lewis Phinazee was both the first woman and the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in Library Science from Columbia University. Her dissertation is entitled The Library of Congress Classification in the United States: A Survey of Opinions and Practices with Attention to the Problems of Structure and Application.