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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 ...
African-American women physicians (165 P) Pages in category "African-American women scientists" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total.
Velma Scantlebury (born 1955), Bajan-American first woman of African descent to become a transplant surgeon in the U.S. Lise Thiry (1921–2024), Belgian virologist, senator; Helen Rodríguez Trías (1929–2001), Puerto-Rican American pediatrician and advocate for women's reproductive rights; Stina Stenhagen (1916–1973), Swedish biochemist
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
Dr. Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist and laser scientist, was not only the first female African-American doctor to patent a medical device but also the first person to invent a surgery that ...
Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and was the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.She is the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, [1] and the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at MIT in any field. [2]
Jessica Wade began writing Wikipedia biographies about women and minority scientists. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Also featured is Christine Darden, who was the first African-American woman to be promoted into the Senior Executive Service for her work in researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Hidden Figures explores the biographies of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA.