Next on my list is
#6 Mae C Jemison
Chemical engineer, physician and astronaut. Mae Jemison graduated from Stanford University with a chemical in degree and a degree in African and African American studies.
Later she graduated from Cornell university with a medical degree. Jemison then went on 2 work 4 the peace corps as a doctor in Liberia and Sierra Leone 1983-5. She then left the peace corps and applied at NASA in order 2 become an astronaut becoming 1 in 1987.
In 1992 she was selected for mission STS-47 On the space shuttle Endeavour. September 12-20 she would be in orbit as a mission specialist making her the first black woman ever in space. She left NASA in 1993 and formed a technology research company.
She is in the National Women's Hall of Fame and The International Space Hall of Fame. A fine example of black exceptionalism definitely a role model 4 all but especially your black girls.
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R.I.P Prince
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