Professor Yvonne Young Clark (b 1929), 1st African-American woman to get degree in mechanical engineering (1951), helped design the containers Neil Armstrong used to bring rocks back from the moon missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 13 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Margaret Morgan Lawrence (b 1914), psychiatrist & Columbia University prof, studied strength in young African-American families: "Strength abounds in Harlem..right there, next to, & a part of nature, nurture & noxia." missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 14 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Marie Maynard Daley (1921-2003), 1st African-American woman to gain a PhD in chemistry (Columbia University 1947), studied the cell nucleus & effects of aging, cardiovascular disease & smoking on artery walls missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 15 of #BlackHistoryMonth

June Bacon-Bercey (b 1932), likely 1st African-American woman to gain degree in atmospheric sciences (1954), honored by NASA & American Meteorological Society, used TV quiz show winnings to start scholarship fund for women missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 16 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Roger Arliner Young (1889-1964), 1st African-American woman PhD in zoology (Penn 1940), was an early ecologist, studying effects of radiation on marine life. Recognized by Congress in 2005 missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 17 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Angie Turner King (1905-2004), one of the 1st African-American women with degrees in chemistry & mathematics (1927) & 1st PhD in math education (1951). Influential teacher & mentor of Hidden Figures Katherine Johnson missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 18 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Flemmie Pansy Kittrell (1904-1980), 1st African American PhD in nutrition & 1st African-American woman PhD from Cornell University in 1936. She studied nutrition in America & Africa; international activist against hunger missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 19 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Marie Clark Taylor (1911-1990), 1st African-American woman PhD in botany, 1st woman science PhD from Fordham University in 1941. She studied photomorphogenesis - the effect of light on plant growth missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 20 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Inez Beverly Prosser (1897-1934), 1st African-American woman psychology PhD (University of Cincinnati 1933). Her study comparing impact of segregated vs mixed schools was influential in Brown v Board of Education. Died in a car crash at 38 missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 21 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Margaret Strickland Collins (1922-1996), child prodigy, pioneering African-American field entomologist, co-discoverer of a termite, civil rights activist. 3rd African-American woman zoology PhD (1950) missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 22 of #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Professor Jane Cooke Wright (1919-2013) was one of the pioneers of chemotherapy in the 1950s, developing sequential drug treatment for cancer in the 1960s. The only woman & African American among the 7 founders of ASCO missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 23 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Jane Hinton (1919-2003) was the co-developer of the Mueller-Hinton agar in 1941, which is used to test bacteria for antibiotic resistance. One of the 2 first African-American doctors of veterinary medicine (Penn 1949) missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 24 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890-1980),1st African-American woman PhD in mathematics (1943), had graduated from Smith College in 1914. Prof University of the District of Columbia (UDC) for 30 years missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 25 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Shirley Ann Jackson (b 1946), university president, is the 2nd African-American woman physics PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1973) & only one awarded the National Medal of Science (2014). missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 26 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Mae Jemison (b 1956), 1st African-American woman astronaut to go to space, is also a doctor who entered Stanford University at 16. She conducted medical experiments on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992 missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 27 of #BlackHistoryMonth

Professor Ruth Ella Moore (1903-1994), the 1st African-American woman PhD in a natural science: in bacteriology in 1933 Ohio State. Taught Howard University. Honored with other pioneers by Congress in 2005. missingscifaces.blog/2018/02/01/28-… Day 28 of #BlackHistoryMonth

At last, the Wikipedia page of African-American mathematicians is done! Be inspired by pics & over 150 pre-1975 doctoral degrees! Links to more than 60 Wikipedia bio pages! Timeline of landmarks, too en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A… #BlackHistoryMonth

Congratulations to Stanford neurosurgeon, Dr. Odette Harris, on her recent promotion to Professor of Neurosurgery, making her the first African-American female Professor of #Neurosurgery in the country! #ILookLikeASurgeon

#WomensHistoryMonth2018 ICYMI: #HBCU Women in #STEM thehundred-seven.org/womenstem.html

Looking to do something practical on #IWD2018 ? Consider helping with MissingSciFaces from @hildabast thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/finding-missin… (my list at the bottom now slightly updated for #internationalwomensday2018 )