MASTER THREAD of BLACK HISTORY MONTH threads on GREAT WOMEN OF MATHEMATICS!! Embedding links to the many great stories covered this month on @GWOMaths of black women mathematicians.
KATHERINE JOHNSON, 1918-2020, heroine of the Apollo space missions.
DR. EUPHEMIA HAYNES, 1890-1980, first black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics.
DR. GLADYS MAE WEST, pioneer who did the mathematics for GPS.
MARY JACKSON, 1921-2005, a "Hidden Figure" and first black woman to become a NASA engineer.
DOROTHY VAUGHAN, 1910-2008, pioneer of computer programming at NASA and another "Hidden Figure."
DR. MARJORIE LEE BROWNE, 1914-1979, third black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, educational pioneer in the realm of integrating computers to mathematics classrooms.
JOAN HIGGINBOTHAM, astronaut turned science educator.
ANNIE J. EASLEY, 1933-2011, early pioneer of computer programming and civil rights heroine who helped change both the culture and dress code at NASA.
DR. FERN HUNT, probability theorist and specialist in chaos theory.
DR. CHELSEA WALTON, specialist in non-commutative algebra.
DR. TRACHETTE JACKSON, mathematician who does research into cancer modeling to fight cancer.
DR. VIVIENNE MALONE-MAYES, fifth black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics and first black faculty member of Baylor--the university who originally rejected her as a student, for her race.
DR. ANGIE TURNER KING, 1905-2004, who was raised by former slaves and lived long enough to see her student, Katherine Johnson, do the mathematics to put humans into space.
It was a fantastic #BlackHistoryMonth on @GWOMaths. We lost Katherine Johnson this month and honored her with many threads and tributes--check TL for more. With any luck Twitter won't break this thread...fingers crossed.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #BlackGirlMagic #WomeninSTEM #girlsdomath #mathematics #maths Teachers are already finding this thread--yay!
