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5 Black #WomenInSTEM Who Changed The World

It's #BlackHistoryMonth, so let's celebrate five amazing black women who made history. #BHM

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#BHM Meet Dr Gladys West: the hidden figure of global positioning systems. West is one of the people whose work was instrumental in developing the maths behind GPS. #BlackHistoryMonth

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#BHM Meet Katherine Johnson, the mathematician and aerospace pioneer who guided us to the moon. Her calculations were critical to early spaceflight. #BlackHistoryMonth

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#BHM Meet mathematician Evelyn Granville who was the second African American women to receive a doctoral degree in mathematics from an American university. #BlackHistoryMonth

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#BHM Meet Annie Easley (1933-2011) a mathematician who began working at @NASA in 1955. She worked in the Launch Vehicles Division, developing coding used in solar and wind energy experiments. #BlackHistoryMonth

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Meet Dr @maejemison American engineer, physician, former @NASA astronaut. 👩🏾‍🚀 She became 1st black woman to travel in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. #BlackHistoryMonth

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5 Black #WomenInSTEM Who Changed The World

#BHM There are so many incredible black women in #STEM we could have mentioned. Keep yours peeled on #StemettesZine and #OctoberExplore for more black #RoleModels. Comment below who else we should include.

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