# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sadie-tanner-mossell-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:14:21.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sadie-tanner-mossell-alexander"
name: "Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander"
slug: "sadie-tanner-mossell-alexander"
description: "Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a pioneering Black professional and civil rights activist of the early-to-mid-20th century. In 1921, Mossell Alexander was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in economics. In 1927, she was the first Black woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and went on to become the first Black woman to practice law in the state. She was also the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, serving from 1919 to 1923."
tagline: "First African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadalex2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1898-01-02"
deathDate: "1989-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.819044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sadie_T._M._Alexander"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "سادي تانر موسيل ألكسندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "سادى تانر موسيل الكسندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Alexander"
    title: "Sadie Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_T._M._Alexander"
    title: "Sadie T. M. Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Tanner_Mossel_Alexander"
    title: "Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சேடி அலெக்சாண்டர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sadie_T._M._Alexander"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump