an episode of the podcast Broads You Should Know In April 27, 2022, Alexander was named a distinguished fellow by the American Economic Association for her contributions to economic equality and civil rights. She is the first and only economist to posthumously receive the award. See also List of first women lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania References Further reading Banks, Nina. 2022. "Sadie T. M. Alexander: Black Women and a "Taste of Freedom in the Economic World"." Journal of Economic Perspectives 36(4): 205-20. Banks, Nina; Whatley, Warren C. (2022). "A Nation of Laws, and Race Laws". Journal of Economic Literature. 60 (2): 427–453 Mack, Kenneth W., (2012). Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer (2012). . Mack, Kenneth W., (2002) "A Social History of Everyday Practice: Sadie T.M. Alexander and the Incorporation of Black Women into the American Legal Profession, 1925-60," Cornell Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 1405 A Social History of Everyday Practice: Sadie T.M. Alexander and the Incorporation of Black Women into the American Legal Profession, 1925-60 Nier, Charles Lewis. (1998) "Sweet are the Uses of Adversity: The Civil rights Activism of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander," Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review 8. no.59 Obituaries: New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 1989. External links Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander material in the Alexander family papers, 1817-2005 (bulk 1925-1983) at the University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center 1898 births 1989 deaths Economists from Pennsylvania American women economists African-American economists African-American women lawyers African-American lawyers Tanner family of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Lawyers from Philadelphia Delta Sigma Theta members Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in Pennsylvania Deaths from pneumonia in Pennsylvania Mossell family Pennsylvania Republicans 20th-century American economists Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni 20th-century American women lawyers 20th-century American lawyers Delta Sigma Theta presidents