Science
Henrietta Lacks' cells, named after her, remain a remarkably durable and prolific line of cells used in research around the world.
What are HeLa cells?
She is Vice President of Engineering at Google and was inducted into the Women in Technology International's hall of fame for her achievements in technology
Who is Dr. Marian Clark?
She became NASA's first black female engineer in 1958.
Who is Mary W. Jackson?
This movie showcases the lives of Katherine Johnson, Mary W. Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan and their careers at NASA as mathematicians.
What is Hidden Figures?
A trailblazing sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage's sculpture of a child from Harlem, named this, earned her widespread recognition and helped her secure a scholarship to study at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere located in Paris, where she exhibited her work and won numerous awards.
What is Gamin?
She became the Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan and patented a programmable shunt for treating hydrocephalus, a condition where fluids build up inside the brain.
Who is Dr. Alexa Irene Canady?
Dr. Donna Auguste was first Black woman to earn a Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon and developed revolutionary technology at Apple for these two revolutionary devices.
What is the iPhone and iPad?
Because of the high crime rate in her neighborhood in Queens, New York, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the first device of this kind to protect her and her family.
What is the home security system?
She was NACA's (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) first black supervisor and played by Octavia Spencer in the film Hidden Figures.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
Her fierce self-portraits featuring her iconic bold unibrow and mustache were once described by André Breton, the founder of Surrealism, as "ribbon[s] around a bomb."
Who is Frieda Kahlo?
Angella Dorothea Ferguson performed groundbreaking research on the development of this disease in African American newborn children and invented a blood test that can detect the disease at birth.
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
The first Black woman in space. Also attended Stanford University at age 16 on a National Achievement Scholarship.
Who is Mae Carol Jemison?
She designed and patented a novel design for a hairbrush when she was just 13 years old, becoming the third black woman ever to receive a patent.
Who is Lyda D. Newman?
Dr. Shirley Jackson is the current president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from this institute.
What is MIT?
One of the most celebrated artists in the medium of assemblage, Betye Saar's most famous work, named this, features a doll armed with a rifle and a grenade, ready to fight against the prejudice, physical violence, and disparaging stereotypes imposed on Black Americans.
What is The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972)?
In 1873, she founded the Women’s Directory Center, which specialized in providing medical services to poor women and children directly in their homes. She also organize the National Association of Colored Women in Washington.
Who is Rebecca Cole?
Gladys West was project manager of the Seasat Project, which developed the basis of this device and was later was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame for this.
What is the GPS?
She made a name for herself at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer. For her work, she earned the NASA Goddard Award.
Who is Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson?
In 1967, she joined NASA’s Langley Research Center as a ‘human computer,’ solving complex math problems, crunching numbers for engineers, and writing new computer programs. She also performed groundbreaking research on sonic booms. Earned the Congressional Gold Medal for her work.
Who is Christine Darden?
She was awarded the Golden Lion Award for best artist at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 for her work The Probable Trust Registry, which consists of corporate-looking kiosks where visitors could choose to sign contracts agreeing to live by a set of rules that encouraged personal responsibility.
Who is Adrian Piper?
Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser earned a place on the front cover of the NAACP’s magazine The Crisis in August 1933 for being the first black woman in this field of healthcare.
What is psychology?
Bessie Griffin designed and developed this medical device, a way for patients to eat without using their hands, which she later patented. She also designed a kidney-shaped vomit basin out of papier-mâché, and similar containers are used in hospitals today.
What is the "invalid feeder?"
At Stanford, she developed analytical techniques for mammography and MRI technology to detect and diagnose breast cancer and lead the working group on Breast MRI Systems.
Who is Dr. Nola Hylton?
Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics and in 1930, founded the Mathematics Department at this College, dedicated to training African American teachers in Washington, D.C.
What is Miner Teachers College?
Best known for her collage-like paintings, this artist creates vibrant portraits and detailed interiors that address themes including sexuality, race, beauty, and gender, and examine how the representation of women in popular cultural informs our definition of femininity.
Who is Mickalene Thomas?