List of African-American women in STEM fields
This is a list of notable African-American women in STEM fields. Many have made significant contributions in the STEM fields, the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[1]
Prominent African-American women in these fields have included:
- Lilia Ann Abron (b. 1945), chemical engineer, entrepreneur [2]
- Gloria Long Anderson, Professor of Chemistry at Morris Brown College
- Shellye Archambeau,[3] CEO of MetricStream
- Treena Livingston Arinzeh [4]
- Wanda Austin
- Alice Ball
- Patricia Bath
- Regina Benjamin
- Angela Benton [3]
- Matilene Berryman
- Sarah Boone [5]
- Carolyn Brooks
- Dorothy Lavinia Brown
- Marjorie Lee Browne
- Kimberly Bryant [3]
- Ursula Burns
- Alexa Canady
- Majora Carter [3]
- May Edward Chinn
- Yvonne Clark
- Jewel Plummer Cobb
- Rebecca Cole, second African-American female to graduate from medical school
- Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (1892–1926), first female aviator of African-American descent; inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2006
- Margaret S. Collins (1922–1996), zoologist, one of the world's foremost authorities on termites [6]
- Patricia S. Cowings
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler
- Marie Maynard Daly
- Helen Octavia Dickens
- Annie Easley
- Cecile H. Edwards (b. 1926), nutritional researcher [7]
- Joycelyn Elders
- Dale Emeagwali [5]
- Jeanette J. Epps
- Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
- Brittney Exline [8]
- Angella D. Ferguson (b. 1925), pediatrician, early researcher of sickle-cell disease [9][10]
- Njema Frazier
- A. Oveta Fuller (b. 1955), microbiologist, studied the herpes simplex virus [11]
- Vicki Gambrell [12]
- Sarah E. Goode
- Evelyn Boyd Granville
- Bettye Washington Greene
- Eliza Ann Grier (1864–1902), first African-American woman to practice medicine in Georgia
- Bessie Blount Griffin
- Betty Harris [13]
- Mary Styles Harris
- Ruby Puryear Hearn (b. 1940), biophysicist, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation [14]
- Mary Elliot Hill (1907–1969), chemist (NBAS, BISAM) [15]
- Stephanie Hill [16][17]
- Esther A. H. Hopkins (b. 1926), chemist, patent attorney [18]
- Fern Hunt
- Yasmin Hurd
- Fatimah Jackson
- Shirley Ann Jackson
- Mae Jemison
- Ashanti Johnson [4]
- Katherine Johnson
- Tracy L Johnson
- Sinah Estelle Kelley (1916–1982), chemist, worked on mass production of penicillin [19]
- Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (b. 1912) [20]
- Angie Turner King (1905–2004), chemist and mathematician [21]
- Reatha King
- Lisa Lambert [3][22][23][24][25]
- Margaret Morgan Lawrence (b. 1914), pediatric psychiatrist, researched negative psychological effects of segregation on Black children [26]
- Kathryn Emanuel Lawson (1926–2008), chemist [27]
- Shirley M. Malcom (1946), science administrator [28]
- Cora Bagley Marrett (b. 1942), sociologist, science administrator [29]
- Pamela McCauley-Bush [30][31]
- Dorothy McClendon [5]
- Kyla McMullen
- Shireen Mitchell
- Ruth Ella Moore
- Tanya Moore [4]
- Ann T. Nelms
- Lydia Newman [5]
- Joan Murrell Owens, (b. 1933), marine biologist, expert on button corals [32]
- Vivian W. Pinn (b. 1941), pathologist, Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [33]
- Mary Logan Reddick
- Antoinette Rodez Schiesler
- Cheryl L. Shavers (b. 1953), semiconductor engineering and management, first African-American Undersecretary of Commmerce for Science and Technology [34]
- Mabel Keaton Staupers
- Susan McKinney Steward
- Latanya Sweeney, computer scientist best known for work on k-anonymity
- Lisette Titre [4]
- Margaret E. M. Tolbert (b. 1943), chemist and science administrator [35]
- Marguerite Williams
- Geraldine Pittman Woods (1921–1999), science administrator [36]
- Dawn Wright (b. 1961), oceanographer, geographer, expert in seafloor mapping, marine geographic information systems[37][38]
- Jane C. Wright
- Chavonda J. Jacobs Young (b. 1967), chemist, USDA administrator [39]
- Christine Darden
- Jedidah Isler
See also
- List of Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees
- STEM pipeline
- National Society of Black Engineers
- African American women in computer science
References
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- ↑ Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 143–150. ISBN 9780199742882.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dickey, Megan Rose (2013-04-04). "Most Influential Blacks In Technology". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- 1 2 3 4 Talbert, Marcia Wade (2011-03-01). "Women In STEM – Black Enterprise". Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- 1 2 3 4 "Famous African American Women in STEM" (PDF). NAPE – National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in science: an encyclopedia of people and progress. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9781851099986.
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- ↑ "Ruby Puryear Hearn". National Academy of Sciences, African American History Program. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ↑ Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 29–33. ISBN 9780199742882.
- ↑ Rowley, Dorothy (2014-01-01). "Lockheed Martin's Stephanie Hill wins Black Engineering Award". Washington Informer. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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- ↑ Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 111–114. ISBN 9780199742882.
- ↑ Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in science: an encyclopedia of people and progress. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9781851099986.
- ↑ "Cora Bagley Marrett". National Academy of Sciences, African American History Program. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ↑ "UCF's McCauley-Bush is Engineering Role Model for Black History Month". UCF Today – Orlando, FL. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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- ↑ Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in science: an encyclopedia of people and progress. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 169–171. ISBN 9781851099986.
- ↑ "Vivian W. Pinn". National Academy of Sciences, African American History Program. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ↑ Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 135–142. ISBN 9780199742882.
- ↑ Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 123–135. ISBN 9780199742882.
- ↑ Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in science: an encyclopedia of people and progress. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 208–210. ISBN 9781851099986.
- ↑ NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Maritime Heritage Program. "Deep Sea Dawn". Voyage to Discovery: Untold Stories of African-Americans and the Sea. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Richardson, Julieanna. "Dawn Wright". The HistoryMakers: The Nation's Largest African American Video Oral History Collection. The HistoryMakers: ScienceMakers. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Sullivan, Otha Richard (2002). African American women scientists and inventors. Black stars. New York: Wiley. pp. 130–133. ISBN 047138707X.
- ↑ Rice, Delores. "The Career Experiences of African American Female Engineers" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ Robelin, Erik W (2010-03-22). "Education Week: U.S. Gets Poor Grades in Nurturing STEM Diversity". Education Week. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ "STEM Equity Pipeline – Resources – Online Resources". NAPE – National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
External links
- DOE.gov: Women @ Energy series — by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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