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Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American Woman in Space.

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Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American Woman in Space.

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https://www.biography.com/people/mae-c-jemison-9542378

https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html

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https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/editoral-stories/thumbnails/4325h.jpg

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In Decatur, Alabama on October 17, 1956 Mae C. Jemison was born.

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Mae graduated in 1973 from Morgan Park High School as a consistent honor student.

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Jemison was the first African-American woman to be accepted into the astronaut training program on June 4, 1987.

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Jemison was the youngest child of three to her parents. Her parents are Charlie Jemison and Dorothy (Green) Jemison. Her dad worked as a roofer and a carpenter. Mrs. Jemison was an elementary school.  Mae had to other siblings there names were Charles Jemison and Ada (Jemison) Bullock. Her sister works is a child psychiatrist, and her brother is a real estate agent. Jemison's parents were very supportive of her.

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When Jemison was only three years old her family moved to  Chicago, Illinois. They moved because there were better education opportunities there. She now calls Chicago her hometown. In Chicago she went to Morgan Park High School as a consistent honor student. She also did activities like dance and theater. In high school she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in biomedical engineering.

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Even growing up Mae was always learning about science. She spent most of her time growing up in a library reading. She usually read about science especially astronomy.

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Jemison was accepted into Stanford on a National Achievement Scholarship. When she was in college at Stanford she still participated in activities like dance and theater productions. She graduated in 1977 with a degree in chemical engineering. After she graduated she went to Cornell University Medical College. During her time there she went to study in Cuba and Kenya. She also worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand. She was awarded with her M.D. in 1981. After that she went and interned at Los Angeles County/ University of Southern California Medical Center and eventually worked as a general practitioner

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Jemison was an area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia where she also taught medical research.

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Female

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African-American

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Mae Jemison's major contribution was that she was the first African-American woman in space. She said that society should recognize how much both women and members of other minority groups can contribute if given the opportunity.

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Mae stared in the Star Trek movie "Second Chances

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Mae stared in the Star Trek movie "Second Chances

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Mae waves to the crowd and photographers as she walks out of the building and on to the launch pad.

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Mae waves to the crowd and photographers as she walks out of the building and on to the launch pad.

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One of Mae's obstacles was just to learn about herself and her strengths and weaknesses. When a reporter asked her during an interview, "What was is the greatest challenge you have faced?" Mae responded, "The biggest challenge we all face is to learn about ourselves and to understand our strengths and weaknesses. We need to utilize our strengths, but not so much that we don't work on our weaknesses. Weaknesses are not just, 'Oh, I'm not good in this subject.' Your weaknesses might also include impatience or even trying too hard. You might have to learn when to let go, or when to keep going. The biggest challenge is to overcome the things in yourself that keep you from moving forward. When you do that, then dealing with challenges outside yourself becomes easier."

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Jemison created a group called the Jemison Group, it's a company that seek's to research,develop and market advance technologies.

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Mae went to Cornell University Medical College, and during her time there she found time to study in Cuba and Kenya and work at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand.

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On September 12, 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space. She flew with six others on the Endeavour's second flight. Jemison was on flight for eight days, while she was in space she worked on weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew and herself.

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Mae left NASA in March of 1993. Total they logged Jemison in space for 190 hours, 30 minutes, and 23 seconds in space.