Science
Mae Jemison
1956 – present
Stanford BS Chemical Engineering at age 16. Cornell MD. Peace Corps medical officer in West Africa. First Black woman in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, September 12, 1992, mission STS-47.
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