(Women's History Month) Celebrating Notable Black Women in Stem

 

Pictured: Mae Jemison, M. D., Former NASA Astronaut and Engineer

Notable Black Women in STEM

1.      Alice Ball (1892 – 1916), First Black Woman Chemist

2.      Dr. Patricia Bath (1942 – 2019), Ophthalmologist and Inventor

3.      Bessie Blount (1914 – 2019) Nurse, Forensic Scientist, Nurse and Inventor

4.      Sarah Boone (1832 – 1904) Inventor

5.      Evelyn Boyd-Granville (1924 – 2023), Mathematician

6.      Majorie Lee Browne (1914 – 1979), Mathematician

7.      Alexa Canady, M.D. (1950), First Black Woman Neurosurgeon in the US

8.      Yvonne Clark (1929 - 2019), Mechanical Engineer

9.      Christine Darden (1942), Mathematician, Data Analyst and Aeronautical Engineer

10.  Annie Easley (1933 – 2011), Computer Scientist and Mathematician

11.  Ellen Eglin (1836 – 1916) Inventor

12.  Jennette Epps (1970) Aerospace Engineer and NASA Astronaut

13.  Aprille Ericsson- Jackson (1960) Aerospace Engineer

14.  Joan Higginbotham (1964), Electrical Engineer and Former NASA Astronaut

15.  Willie Hobbs-Moore (1934 – 1994), Physicist and Engineer

16.  Nola Hylton (1957), Oncologist, and Professor of Radiology

17.  Mary Jackson (1921- 2005), NASA Mathematician and Aerospace Engineer

18.  Shirley Ann Jackson (1946), Physicist

19.  Dr. Mae Jemison (1956), Former NASA Astronaut, Engineer, and Medical Doctor

20.  Ashanti Johnson, Geochemist and Chemical Oceanographer

21.  Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020), NASA Mathematician

22.  Marjorie Joyner (1896 – 1994) Inventor

23.  Martha Euphemia Lofton-Haynes (1890 – 1980), Mathematician and Educator

24.  Dr. Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011), Environmentalist and Nobel Prize Laureate

25.  Marie Maynard-Daly (1921 – 2003), Biochemist

26.  Susan McKinney-Steward (1847 – 1918) Physician and Author

27.  Raye Montague (1938 – 2018), Engineer and Mathematician

28.  Melba Roy Mouton (1929 – 1990), NASA Mathematician

29.  Jewel Plummer-Cobb (1924 – 2017), Biologist, Cancer Researcher, and Educator

30.  Valerie Thomas (1943), Data Scientist and Inventor

31.  Dorothy Vaughn (1910 – 2008), NASA Mathematician

32.  Gladys West (1930) Mathematician

33.  Stephanie Wilson (1966), NASA Astronaut and Engineer

 

Revised: March 5, 2024