Mae C. Jemison

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  1. Who is me?
  2. Carol Jemison May.
  3. Carol Jemison is an American engineer physician in a NASA
  4. astronaut. She is known for becoming the first African American
  5. woman to travel to space early life.
  6. Many Carol Jemison was born on October 17 1956 in
  7. Decatur, Alabama.
  8. She is the youngest, and her family has one older
  9. brother and sister.
  10. When Jefferson was three years old, her family decided to
  11. move to Chicago.
  12. This is where Jefferson attended school at Desmond Elementary.
  13. This is not only where she had gone to school,
  14. but where she discovered her interest in science and astronomy.
  15. When Jefferson had free time, she would go to a
  16. school library and read about science.
  17. But mostly she would read about astronomy education.
  18. Jamison had graduated from high school and Morgan Park High
  19. School in 1973.
  20. Then Jefferson had attended Stanford University in California, studied chemical
  21. engineering and graduated in 1977.
  22. After graduating from university, Jemison went to Cornell Medical College
  23. and received her medical degree accomplishments.
  24. On September 12 1992 Jamison had became the first African
  25. American woman in space, a recognition of her accomplishments, Jamison
  26. has received many awards in 1985 Gemstone became the first
  27. African American woman to be a minute into NASA's training
  28. program. In 1987 Jemison became the first African American woman
  29. in NASA in 1988.
  30. May was awarded the Essence Science and Technology Award in
  31. 1992 May receive the Ebony Black Achievement Awards and, lastly,
  32. in 1990 Dream may receive the Montgomery Fellowship from Dartmouth
  33. College, followed by a school named after her in her
  34. honor, Conclusion Medical.
  35. Jemison went through a lot of hard work so she
  36. could go to space and make her dreams come true.
  37. She was the first African American woman to go into
  38. space, and she has inspired many women to go to
  39. space and learn about it.