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Happy Black History Month 2020 ✨✊🏾

Every day this month I’ll be highlighting the accomplishments of a different Black female scientist, engineer, inventor, or STEM educator πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ«

We are here. We’ve been here. We belong here. πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©πŸΏβ€πŸ«πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸŽ“πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ­

#BlackWomenInSTEM #BlackAndSTEM #BHM2020
Marie M. Daly, PhD
β€’1947 - first Black woman to receive a chemistry PhD in the U.S! πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ”¬
β€’research: hypertension & artery blockage -> better understand heart attacks
β€’tenured professor at Albert Einstein
β€’est. scholarship for Af-Am science students at Queens College πŸ‘¨πŸΎβ€πŸŽ“πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸŽ“
Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD
β€’1973 - first Af-Am woman to receive a PhD from MIT & second Af-Am woman to obtain a physics PhD in the U.S.!
β€’1999 - first woman & first Af-Am president of Reselaer Polytechnic Inst.
β€’2016 - awarded National Medal of Science by President Obama πŸ…
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