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The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
It includes journalists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American women journalists . Contents
The first black person on record to have successfully performed pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart) surgery to repair a wound. [193] Williams, Marguerite Thomas: 1895–1991 Geologist: First black person to receive a Ph.D. in Geology Williams, Scott W. 1943– Mathematician [194] Williams, Walter E. 1936–2020 Economist, social scientist
• Reporter Sarah Greenhalgh was found dead in her Virginia home in 2012 • Police named a suspect - the "bat-sh-- crazy boy" she wrote about in a Facebook post hours before her brutal murder ...
Sue Black (born 1962), British computer scientist Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943), astrophysicist who discovered radio pulsars A. Catrina Coleman (born 1956), Scottish electrical engineer, educator
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
Katherine Johnson Johnson in 1983 Born Creola Katherine Coleman (1918-08-26) August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Died February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 101) Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Other names Katherine Goble Education West Virginia State University (BS) Occupation Mathematician Employers NACA NASA (1953–1986) Known for Calculating trajectories for NASA ...
Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz said she felt "joy" over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson -- doubling down on her unsettling defense of the gruesome execution which ...