Computer Scientist contributing to NASA’s rocket systems

Nobel for the discovery of HIV

From slavery to freedom to a patent

Ophthalmologist & First African American woman to patent a medical invention

The first African-American female millionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist & activist

"The greatest known woman scientist before the twentieth century” according to historian Ann Hibner

Human-Computer & Writer

Astronomer & Astrophysicist

First woman geologist in America

Inventor & Businesswoman

Bioengineer

Astronaut