Regarding women and persons of color in the field of psychology, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. By 2000, over 70 percent of all undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology have been awarded to women.
b. By 2000, one quarter of all undergraduate degrees and sixteen percent of doctorates in psychology were awarded to persons of color.
c. In 1920, Francis Cecil Sumner became the first African-American to earn a doctoral degree in psychology.
d. Margaret Washburn became the first African-American female to be awarded a Ph.D. in 1933.

ANSWER: d

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