Dr. Janice E. Douglas
Dr. Janice E. Douglas, a fellow of the American Heart Association, decided to research hypertension and how cells control blood pressure after two of her...
Category : Science – Technology
Agnes D. Lattimer
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As a young woman planning a career in medicine in the 1940s, Agnes D. Lattimer faced the triple obstacles of poverty, sexism, and racism, yet...
Dr. Donna M. Christian-Christensen
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Dr. Donna M. Christian-Christensen served nine terms in the U.S. congressional representative (non-voting) for the United States Virgin Islands. She took her responsibilities as a...
Halle Tanner Dillon
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In 1891 it was rare for any woman to become a board-certified physician, but when Halle Tanner Dillon passed the Alabama State Medical Examination, even...
Dr. Sadye Beatryce Curry
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Dr. Sadye Beatryce Curry is the first African American woman in the United States to become a gastroenterologist. “…at the time of my training,” she...
Vivien Thomas
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Described as the “most untalked about, unappreciated, unknown giant in the African American community,” by Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., Vivien Thomas received an honorary doctorate...
Ben Carson
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Ben Carson, in full Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr., (born September 18, 1951, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.), American politician and neurosurgeon who performed the first successful separation...
Gladys Mae West
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Gladys Mae West (née Brown) (born 1930 or 1931) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematics underpinning Global Positioning Systems. In...
Joycelyn Elders
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Joycelyn Elders, née Minnie Joycelyn Jones, (born August 13, 1933, Schaal, Arkansas, U.S.), American physician and public health official who served (1993–94) as U.S. surgeon...
Herman Branson
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Born on 14 August 1914 in Pocahontas, Virginia, Herman Branson was a biophysicist and university president who co-discovered the alpha-helix protein structure. He received a...