Katherine Johnson officially began working as mathematician in 1953 alongside other women like Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan in the NACA West Computing department. After
In 1951, Mary Jackson was recruited by NACA and worked as a human computer. In 1953, Mary began working for a NASA engineer named Kazimierz
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is an engineer, physician and former astronaut. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in chemical engineering and later earned
Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a tool that corrects cataracts during eye surgery. Cataracts are an eye condition that can lead to blindness,
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You may use Google as a search engine. Marian Rogers Croak is currently the Vice President of Engineering at Google. Before she worked there, she
On July 4, 2006, aerospace engineer Stephanie D. Wilson made her first journey into space on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery. This was about 14
Dorothy and her co-workers, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson, worked together in the NACA West Computing department. Dorothy received a promotion in 1949, becoming the
In 1916, Ella Phillips Stewart graduated from the University of Pittsburgh* School of Pharmacy. She was the first African American woman to graduate from the
On this page, find MLA citations for the African American Women Pioneers in STEM Books and Women in STEM section on the Kulture Kidz. We do not
Dr. Susan McKinney Steward is the first African American woman physician in New York and the third African American woman physician in the U.S. In
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American registered nurse in the United States. She enrolled in the New England Hospital for Women and Children
Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University. She has worked as an aerospace engineer
Bessie Coleman’s brothers served in World War I. She was fascinated by their stories about their time in France, especially about the fact that women
After Ida Gray graduated from high school in 1887, she entered the University of Michigan Dental School. In 1890, she became the first African American
