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          5. Velez-Rodriguez, Argelia

          1936–

          Educator

          In a time when traditional roles for men and women were the norm, Argelia Velez-Rodriguez earned her doctorate from the University of Havana in Cuba, becoming the first black woman to accomplish this at the university.

          Velez-Rodriguez received her degree during a time of turmoil for her native Cuba following the overthrow of the dictatorship and its replacement by the Communist government of Fidel Castro. She immigrated to the United States in 1962.

          She worked at various colleges, first as a professor, then as department chair before becoming a program director with the U.S. Department of Education.

          Argelia Velez was born in 1936 in Havana, Cuba.

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          Her father, Pedro Velez, was a member of the Cuban Congress. Her family was Roman Catholic and she attended Roman Catholic schools during her childhood and teenage years. Velez-Rodriguez won a contest on fractions in the third grade, beginning her lifelong interest in the subject.

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