🏛📐📏🛠 Norma Sklarek was the first African-American woman to be a licensed architect in the United States. Norma was also the first black woman to be elected to the Fellow…
Category: Black History Month
#tbt honoring Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924 – 2017)
🔬 Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb was a biologist and educator who fought for the rights of women and minorities in science. In high school, Jewel read her father’s physician textbooks…
#wcw with Mareena Robinson Snowden
🔬👩🏾🎓👩🏾🔬 Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Although she hadn’t considered engineering when she was…
#TechTuesday with Camille Hearst
💻 Camille Hearst is the CEO and co-founder of Kit, a social network for products. Camille graduated from Stanford before beginning her career at Apple, where she was one of…
#SustainabilitySaturday honoring Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011)
♻️🌍🌏🌎🌱 Wangari Maathai became the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate in 1971, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her “holistic approach to…
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914 – 2009)
🔬 Bessie Blount is remembered for her groundbreaking work in assistive technologies and forensic science, as well as being a role model for women and African-Americans in science. After becoming…
#tbt honoring Marie M. Daly (1921 – 2003)
🔬 Marie Daly was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. Marie’s groundbreaking work led to our understanding of how cholesterol and clogged…
#WCW with Mae Jemison
Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American woman admitted to NASA’s astronaut training program and to go into space after a year of training! After her mission, she advocated for…
#TechTuesday with Regina Gwynn
💻 Regina Gwynn is the Co-Founder and CEO of TresseNoire, an on-demand hair styling service for women of color. Regina also co-founded Black Women Talk Tech, which is a collective…
#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011)
🔬 Annie Easley worked as a computer for NACA until it was abolished in 1958, becoming NASA, where Easley would develop the software for the Centaur Rocket along with many…