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  2. List of African-American women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of African-American inventors and scientists - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 8 Black Female Inventors Who Will Inspire You to Think Big - AOL

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    MAKERS highlights the African-American female inventors who change the way we live today.

  5. Category:African-American women scientists - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month ...

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    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 ...

  7. Shirley Ann Jackson - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Marian Croak - Wikipedia

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    Croak was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), the National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. Because of this, she became one of the first two black women to be inducted to the NIHF, joining the ranks of 48 other female inductees and 30 other Black inductees. [16]

  9. Bessie Blount Griffin - Wikipedia

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    Bessie Virginia Griffin, better known as Bessie Blount, [1] (November 24, 1914 – December 30, 2009), was an American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist. Early life [ edit ]