Mae Jemison

Dr. Mae Carol Jemison (b. October 17, 1956) was the first non-white woman to travel to space. She went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

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Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.

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She was educated in the Chicago public school system. At sixteen, she entered Stanford University on scholarship where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended Cornell Medical College where she earned her Doctorate in Medicine in 1981. In medical school, her interest and knowledge in Third World countries evolved into a commitment to effectively contribute. She traveled to Cuba, rural Kenya, and spent a medical clerkship in Thailand at a Cambodian refugee camp. She completed her internship at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in 1982.

October 17: October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining....

1956: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

Space Shuttle Endeavour: Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is the fifth and final operational NASA space shuttle to be built....

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