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W W W . EBON Y F A S H IO N F A IR C O M
NASA’s first
African-
America
astronaut
mentors kids
Mae Jemison did not have a
mentor, and yet she became one.
Even as acollege student at Stanford
University, Jemison found herself
drawn to nurturing young chi Idren' s
interest in space and science. After
earning two bachelor degrees in
only four years in chemical engi
neering and A frican-A m erican
studies, she moved on to Cornell
University’s medical school in the
fall of 1977. During this time she
became a volunteer i n a Tai refugee
camp during a summer program.
Shortly aftercompletion of her stud
ies and starting her internship at
the Los Angeles University o f
Southern California Medical Cen
ter, Jemison became the area Peace
Corps medical officer for Sierra
Leone and Liberia in West Africa.
With a multitude of educational
accomplishments and skills Mae
Jemison decided to follow up on a
dream she had for many years; that
of joining the NASA space pro
gram. When Japan and the United
States joined together to conduct
experiments in life sciences and
materials processing on the space
shuttle Endeavor, she got her
chance to go into outer space on
Sept. 12,1992.
Jemison was the only black
woman and one of only five Afri
can- American astronauts in the
space agency. Af
ter returning from
her historic mis
sion, she contin
ued to encourage
children to stay in ¡^a e j e m jso n
school and follow
their dreams.
In 1994, Jamison founded and
directed the Jemison Institute for
Advancing Technologies in De
veloping countries. Although her
schedule was hectic, she also found
time to run the Jemison Group, which
continues today to improve health
care in West Africa.
Bom in 1958 in Decatur, Ala.,
Jamison would be raised in Chi
cago. As the youngest o f three
children, her early dreams of sci
ence and space were fully supported
by her loving parents, a mainte
nance supervisor and a school
teacher.
A fte r o v er six
y e a rs w ith the
N A SA , Jem ison
founded The Earth
We Share, an annual international
science camp. Here, students, ages
12 to 16 come together from around
the world to take part in problem
solving regarding current global
dilemmas. Less than one year after
she left NASA, Jemison became a
professor of Environmental Stud
ies at Dartmouth College.
Jemison’s countless awards in
m edicine, science, technology,
space exploration, and education
show her constant drive to grow
intellectually and share that knowl
edge with people of all ages. Her
contribution to our nation's minor
ity children, as well as thousands of
children across the globe will not
be forgotten. Children throughout
the world today aspire to walk in her
giant footsteps.
Rights Advocate
Awarded
Women's rights champion and civil rights leader
Dorothy Height is presented with the Congressional
Gold Medal during a ceremony on Capitol Hill with
President Bush, left. House Speaker Dennis
Hastert, R-lll., second from right, and Sen. Ted
Stevens, R-Alaska.
Dorothy Height cited for
enormous accomplishment
(AP) — Hailing Dorothy Height as “the giant of the civil
rights movement,” President Bush presented her with the
Congressional Gold Medal.
Height accepted Congress' highest honor last week
under the vaulted dome of the Capitol Rotunda to warm
applause from lawmakers.
Height served more than 30 years as the president of the
National Council of Negro Women, an organization dedi
cating to uplifting black women and their communities.
She also held several leadership positions in the YWCA,
where she advocated progressive policies embracing mi
norities.
In 1964, she organized a series of informal dialogues
between white and black women from the North and South
called “Wednesdays in Mississippi.”
Citing those and other Height contributions. Bush
called her a hero who has “helped to extend the promise
of our founding to millions.”
“She's a woman of enormous accomplishment," the
president said. “She’s a friend of first ladies like Eleanor
Roosevelt and Hillary Rodham Clinton. She's known
every president since Dwight David Eisenhower. She’s
told every president wha, she thinks since Dwight David
Eisenhower.”
Bush recalled that Height was the only woman in the
"Big 6,” a group of black activists that included Martin
Luther King Jr.
“Truth of the matter is, she was the giant of the civil
rights movement,” he said.
More recently, she has won international recognition
for her work promoting AIDS education.
Height said she accepted the medal “on behalf of the
millions of people, particularly women, whose work goes
unnoticed.”
Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., said Height “has left a
lasting legacy not only for African-American families but
the country as a whole.”
Since George Washington received the first Congres
sional Gold Medal in 1776, Congress has bestowed the
honor on some 300 people, including Mother Teresa, Pope
John Paul II, Rosa Parks and President and Nancy Reagan.
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