Black Women
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Black Scientists
Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924-2023): A Trailblazer in Mathematics and Space Science
Evelyn Boyd Granville was born on May 1, 1924, in Washington, D.C. Raised during the Great Depression, she grew up…
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Africa
Arielle Kitio, programming to help fight tuberculosis
Arielle Kitio, who is completing her PhD in “Applied Software Engineering” at Yaounde University 1, is studying the epidemiological surveillance…
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Africa
Aminata Garba, from telecommunications to the Internet of Things
After studying in Niamey (Niger), she studied in Canada, at Laval University, and obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer…
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Black Scientists
Alice Ball, the first woman to graduate from the University of Hawaii
Alice Augusta Ball (born July 24, 1892 – died December 31, 1916) is an American chemist. She is best known…
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Black Women
Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman to go into space
Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama on October 17, 1956; She is the youngest of three children of…
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Black Scientists
Patricia Bath
Patricia Era Bath (born November 4, 1942 in Harlem, New York and died May 30, 2019 in San Francisco) is…
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Black Scientists
Katherine Johnson, the first African-American woman to conquer space
Hero of the biopic Hidden Figures , Katherine Johnson is one of the women whose work has allowed great advances…
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