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May 13, 2024 · Mae Jemison (born October 17, 1956, Decatur, Alabama, U.S.) is an American physician and the first African American woman to become an astronaut. In 1992, she spent more than a week orbiting Earth in the space shuttle Endeavour. Jemison moved with her family to Chicago at the age of three.
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Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to become...
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Stanford University, private coeducational institution in...
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After being accepted in NASA’s scientist-astronaut program...
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1 day ago · Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [a] for ...
May 13, 2024 · Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small school for girls in Daytona Beach, Florida. That school later became...
2 days ago · 4×100 m relay. Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and ...
May 16, 2024 · "A collection of early, emerging works from some of today's most celebrated African American female writers When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard.
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May 9, 2024 · Mary Ann Shadd, American educator, publisher, and abolitionist who was the first Black female newspaper publisher in North America. She founded The Provincial Freeman in Canada in 1853. In 1883 she became one of the first Black women to complete a law degree. Learn more about Shadd’s life and career.
May 9, 2024 · Mary Jackson (born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 11, 2005, Hampton) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer who in 1958 became the first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia.
