Fun fact about Cecilia Rouse: she is one of 3 extremely accomplished siblings. Her brother has a PhD in physics; sister is a PhD anthropologist, and like Cecilia is a prof at Princeton (where Cecilia is econ prof/dean).
Their father was also one of the first Blacks to earn a doctorate degree in physics from any U.S. university, and the very first to earn one from Caltech. Mother has master's degrees in psychology and social work. https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/bhm-2020/669-carl-a-rouse
For a taste of the overt discrimination the Rouse family faced, see this interview with Carolyn Rouse (sibling who is an anthropology professor at Princeton) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/the-professor-arguing-against-a-free-speech-free-for-all
Oh, and as others have pointed out, Cecilia's mother-in-law was the late Toni Morrison (author, Nobel laureate, and fellow Princeton professor). All in all, pretty incredible family.
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