Violet Edwards, a 96-year-old woman, broke the record for being the oldest African American woman to earn a college degree.
In addition, Violet Edwards was the fifth-oldest college graduate in the world and the oldest individual in Florida to get a degree.
She was the youngest child in her family and was born in Jamaica in 1925. She was a brilliant student and a voracious reader when she was a young girl.
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Violet was the first person in her village to receive a full academic scholarship and enroll at Jamaica’s Happy Grove High School.
She enrolled for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, which she needed to continue with her schooling, during the years of World War II.
She had to drop out for financial difficulties
There were worries that the ship carrying the tests, which had to be taken to England for grading, would become a war casualty, but her exam arrived safely in London and she passed.
Early in the 1980s, she enrolled in the College of New Rochelle in New York, the United States, but she unwillingly dropped out because of financial difficulties.
Edwards started working in Jamaica and had a great career there.
She was eventually being named the first female regional inspector by the Jamaica Postal Service.
She put her family first during her professional life and made sure her daughter attended medical school.
As of right now, her daughter, Dr. Christine Edwards, serves as the medical director of the Florida Perinatal Center, LLC, in the United States.
African girl sets record as youngest mathematician set for PhD in US
96-year-old-woman-breaks6ican mathematician, Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, set the record as the youngest Bachelor’s degree holder in Ghana.
The young and smart girl became the youngest Bachelor’s degree holder in Ghana after graduating at age 17.
Ruth started her university education at the age of 13 at Nkrumah University of science and technology, Ghana