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Trailblazing Penn alumna Sadie T.M. Alexander gets posthumous honor

The American Economic Association named Alexander, who earned economics and law degrees at Penn a century ago, a 2022 Distinguished Fellow.
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander outside Houston Hall in the early 20th century.
Sadie T.M. Alexander, seen here outside Houston Hall in the early 20th century, has been posthumously named a 2022 Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association. (Image: Courtesy of University Archives)

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