Marie Curie is one of the most well-known and accomplished women in STEM. 🔬 Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, which she won in Physics…
Category: Women’s History Month
#TBT with Mary Jackson (1921-2005)
🚀 Mary Jackson was a mathematician, aerospace engineer, and the first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 🔬🚀 Although the work of…
#MedMonday with Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee
👩🏾⚕️ Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee was the first African-American woman to serve as dean of an American medical school. Barbara was born in Detroit and raised in a housing project, facing…
#SpaceSunday with Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer and former astronaut. Ellen became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she spent 9 days aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ellen…
#SustainabilitySaturday with Susan Solomon
🌏 Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist and a leader in her field. Susan spent much of her career with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she was…
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is a primatologist and anthropologist who has studied chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania extensively to better understand animal behavior. Through assisting Louis Leakey, paleontologist…
#WCW with Clarice Phelps
Clarice Phelps is the first African-American woman to discovery a chemical element! Clarice is a nuclear chemist who helped discover tennessine (element 117) while working with the U.S. Department of…