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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 ...
She was the first African-American woman to attend graduate school at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Through WVSC's president, John W. Davis , she became one of three African-American students, [ 16 ] and the only woman, selected to integrate the graduate school after the 1938 United States Supreme Court ruling in ...
Marie Maynard Daly (April 16, 1921 – October 28, 2003) was an American biochemist.She was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University and the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. [2]
NASA's first black female engineer Jackson, Shirley: 1946– Physicist Distinguished and pioneering scientific career, achieving several "firsts" as a woman and as an African-American [99] Jackson, William: 1936– Laser chemist/photochemist, cometary astrochemist at Howard University and UC Davis
South Africa's first black female nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango, a trailblazer who set out to inspire young women, has died aged 37, the government has confirmed. Ms Masango, dubbed "the ...
She was inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998 for "her significant contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science, and public policy." [ 42 ] [ 43 ] She received a Candace Award for Technology from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1982.
Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, [1] [2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). [3] 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 Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1926 and her Master of Science degree in 1927. [5] She was awarded her Ph.D. in bacteriology in 1933 from the university, making her the first Black woman in the United States to earn a PhD in the natural sciences, [3] [6] as well as the first African American of any gender to earn a PhD in Bacteriology.