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Biography of Mae C. JemisonName: Mae C. JemisonBirth Date: October 17, 1956 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Decatur, Alabama, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: physician, former astronaut, businessperson Mae C. Jemison In 1992, Mae C. Jemison (born 1956) became the first African American woman to travel in space.Mae C. Jemison had received two undergraduate degrees and a medical degree, had served two years as a Peace Corps medical officer in West Africa, and was selected to join the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut training program, all before her thirtieth birthday. Her eight-day space flight aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992 established Jemison as the United States' first female African American space traveler.Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a roofer and carpenter, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, an elementary school teacher. Her sister, Ada Jemison Bullock, became a child psychiatrist, and her brother, Charles Jemison, is a real estate broker. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when Jemison was three to take advantage of better educational opportunities there, and it is …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Exxon Valdez ran aground, causing oil spill off in Alaska1992: Bosnia seceded from Yugoslavia and civil war erupted1993: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed Further Reading booksHawthorne, Douglas B., Men and Women of Space, Univelt, 1992, pp. 357-359.Smith, Jessie Carney, editor, Notable Black American Women, Gale, 1992, pp. 571-573.onlineFaces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, "Mae C. Jemison," at: http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/jemison.html (December 22, 2001).Dartmouth College, The Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries, "Dr. Mae C. Jemison," at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jemison/JI_profile.html (December 22, 2001).The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, "Biographical Data," at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html (December 22, 2001).Mae C. Jemison, MD, "About Dr. Jemison," at: http://www.maejemison.com/ (December 22, 2001).NASA Quest, The Women of NASA, "Dr. Mae Jemison," at: http://quest.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html (December 22, 2001). |