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The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
The legacy of notable black women educators is able to be preserved through their own narratives and works. Below is a list of essays, prose, speeches, and more that touch on the black women experience specific to education. 1841 - Ann Plato, "Education" 1886 - Virginia W. Broughton, "Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress ...
Jedidah C. Isler is an American astrophysicist, educator, and an active advocate for diversity in STEM.She became the first African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale in 2014. [1]
Mary Jane Patterson (September 12, 1844 – September 24, 1894) was an American educator born to a previously enslaved mother and a freeborn father. [1] She is notable because she is claimed to be the first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree.
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Rediet Abebe (1991–), Ethiopian computer scientist and was appointed at the Harvard Society of Fellows as the first female computer scientist. Berhane Asfaw (1954–), Ethiopian paleontologist. Giday WoldeGabriel (1955–), Ethiopian geologist. Gebisa Ejeta (1950–), Ethiopian plant breeder and geneticist who won the 2009 World Food Prize.
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Name Class year Notability References Ibram X. Kendi: 2004 author, historian Bernard Kinsey: owner of one of the largest African-American art collections Jami Valentine Miller, Ph.D. 1996 physicist; founder of African American Women in Physics, Inc.