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Virginia Newell
1917–2025
United States
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Virginia Kimbrough Newell (née Kimbrough; October 7, 1917 – March 14, 2025) was an American politician, mathematics educator and author. She was known for being a mathematics professor and the founder of the computer science program at Winston-Salem State University and retired from the university as a professor emeritus. Along with Vivian Burke, she was the first African American woman to become alderman of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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