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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 ...
It includes African-American engineers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American women engineers .
Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women (MIT Press, 2014) Joyce Currie Little, "The Role of Women in the History of Computing." Proceedings, Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives. IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, New Brunswick, NJ, July 1999, 202–05.
Globally, women are largely under-represented in STEM-related fields; this under-representation is especially prevalent in Africa where women represent less than 20% of the workforce in these fields. [1] African women in engineering and STEM related fields are more susceptible to discrimination and to be devalued in African countries. [2]
IBM's 1st black Distinguished Engineer and 2nd black IBM Fellow. Inventor of several software engineering techniques including system and methods for locating mobile devices using location and presence information [98] Jackson, John W. Jr. 1953–2007 Electrical engineer, inventor, activist: Co-inventor of imaging x-ray spectrometer. NASA engineer.
Usually, the salary of female engineers is 10% less than male engineers. [29] The retention of female engineers is also disproportionally low; in 2006, 62.6% of qualified male engineers were employed in engineering professions, as opposed to 47.1% of qualified female engineers. [34] Female engineering students in class
She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020, for "leadership in providing technology-driven sustainable housing and environmental engineering solutions in the United States and South Africa". [11] She was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, DC Alpha chapter as an Eminent Engineer, and she is a History Maker.
In January 1991, Ebony magazine named Moore as one of their 100 "Most Promising Black Women in Corporate America". [ 18 ] In Moore's honor, the University of Michigan Women in Science and Engineering office established the Willie Hobbs Moore Awards, created to honor faculty, staff, and students who demonstrate excellence promoting equity in STEM.