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5 Incredible Women in STEM You Need to Know


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We owe a number of humanity’s great scientific, mathematical, and technological developments to women even if they often aren’t given the credit they’ve earned. Here are just five of those women.
Gladys West
Gladys West is the mathematician you have to thank for not getting lost on your next road trip. Her work on Seasat, an experimental U.S. ocean surveillance satellite designed to provide data on a wide array of oceanographic conditions and features, led to a more well-known technology: the Global Positioning System (GPS). Like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, West is often called one of history’s “hidden figures”: individuals, often Black women, whose insightful contributions to science went unrecognized in their lifetime because of their race or gender. West wasn’t formally rec ....

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Black History Month: 20 Black trailblazers in science and biotechnology that you need to know


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February 26, 2021
Throughout Black History Month, Good Day BIO has been highlighting the accomplishments of Black trailblazers in science and biotechnology here’s a list of 20 you should know.
1. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
Nigerian agricultural economist Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Ph.D., won the 2017 World Food Prize for leading major policy change that’s helped millions of African farmers and improved nutrition across the continent. Since 2015, Dr. Adesina has served as president of the African Development Bank, where he works to end malnutrition and stunting.
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2. Alice Ball
Young chemist Alice Ball achieved a number of firsts including discovering the first treatment for leprosy. Ball was the first woman AND the first African American to earn a Master’s in chemistry from the College of Hawaii, in 1915. At 23 years old, she discovered how to safely inject chaulmoogra oil ....

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Meet 7 groundbreaking Black scientists from the past


Meet 7 groundbreaking Black scientists from the past
From the first treatment for leprosy to the foundation of the global positioning system, Black scientists have long been involved in major scientific developments, despite being pushed to the margins, refused jobs, and denied credit for their discoveries. 
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Posted: Feb 24, 2021 1:00 PM ET | Last Updated: February 24
From left to right: Gladys West, Charles Henry Turner, Alice Ball, Percy L. Julian, Sophia B. Jones, Elijah McCoy, Charles Lightfoot Roman.(U.S. Navy, Public domain, DePauw University Archives and Special Collections, Public domain, New York Public Library, Ben Shannon/CBC.) ....

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