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  1. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a roofer and carpenter, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, an elementary school teacher.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mae_JemisonMae Jemison - Wikipedia

    Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven ...

  3. 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.

  4. Feb 1, 2024 · Her sister, Ada Jemison Bullock, became a child psychiatrist, and her brother, Charles Jemison, is a real estate broker. When Mae was 3 years old, the Jemison family moved to Chicago to take ...

  5. Sep 12, 2010 · Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space. Jemison’s mother was a teacher and her father, a maintenance supervisor, while she grew up in Chicago. Jemison attended the Chicago Public School System and achieved honors in math and science.

  6. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. The youngest of three children, her mother was an elementary school teacher and her father was a maintenance supervisor. A few years after she was born, Jemison and her family moved to Chicago, Illinois.

  7. www.nasa.gov › people › mae-jemison-m-dMae Jemison, M.D. - NASA

    Apr 22, 2024 · Dr. Mae Jemison, physician, engineer, educator and entrepreneur, was the first woman of color in the world to go into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour and was a NASA astronaut for six years.

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