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	Mae Jemison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		Jemison was Science Mission Specialist (a NASA first) on the STS-47 Spacelab J flight, a US/Japan joint mission.
		Jemison founded The Jemison Group, Inc., located in Houston, Texas, to research, develop and implement advanced technologies suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mae_Carol_Jemison (679 words)

	Mae Jemison -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on October 17, 1956, in (Click link for more info and facts about Decatur, Alabama) Decatur, Alabama and raised in (Click link for more info and facts about Chicago, Illinois) Chicago, Illinois.
		Jemison founded The Jemison Group, Inc., located in (Click link for more info and facts about Houston, Texas) Houston, Texas, to research, develop and implement advanced technologies suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world.
		She was honored by the establishment (1992) of the Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in (The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor) Detroit.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mae_jemison.htm (731 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Women of NASA :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, September 12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space.
		Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		Dr. Jemison is currently a member of the Dartmouth faculty in the Environmental Studies Program and is Director of The Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College.
	www.quest.arc.nasa.gov /women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html (834 words)

	Mae C. Jemison
		Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space when she served on the crew of the Space Shuttle
		Jemison's life, however, is also full of terrestrial accomplishments.
		A high school graduate at the age of 16, she attended Stanford University on a scholarship, graduating with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and having fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0775690.html (179 words)

	9607mj.html
		Jemison, who received a degree in chemical engineering and fulfilled the requirements for another in Afro-American studies, recalls her Stanford years as "wonderful and very positive," but remembers the sting of a handful of professors who seemed uncomfortable with a young fl woman in their classes.
		Those experiences helped lay the foundation for Jemison's most recent endeavors, both with her for-profit Jemison Group in Houston and with her non-profit Jemison Institute at Dartmouth College, where she is a member of the environmental studies faculty.
		Jemison's work is unique in that she is "designing technology with human needs at heart, getting people with a stake in the outcome involved in the design," Virginia said.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/9607mj.html (1856 words)

	stronauts
		Born in Decatur, Alabama, Mae Carol Jemison graduated from Stanford University in 1977 with a degree in chemical engineering.
		In 1987, Jemison was accepted into NASA's astronaut training program and, in 1992, became the first African-American woman in space as part of the crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.
		She was also the director of The Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College where she was a professor of environmental studies.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/PflommScience/Astronauts.htm (887 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jemison, determined from childhood to explore space, became the first African-American woman in space when she traveled on the Endeavor on September 12, 1992.
		After her space flight, Jemison took leave from NASA to lecture and teach at Dartmouth College, focusing on space-age technology and developing nations.
		Jemison encourages women and minorities to enter scientific fields: "I want to make sure we use all our talent, not just 25 percent." In 1999 Jemison accepted appointment as the President's Council of Cornell Women Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
	www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=88 (284 words)

	Mae Jemison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, September 12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space.
		Jemison founded The Jemison Group, Inc., located in Houston, TX, to research, develop and implement advanced technologies suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the developing world.
		She has presented at the UN and internationally on the uses of space technology, was the subject of a PBS Documentary, The New Explorers: Endeavor by Kurtis Production and made a cameo appearance in the episode Second Chances of as Lieutenant Palmer.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mae_jemison (704 words)

	Free Term Papers on Dr Mae c Jemison
		As a small girl, Mae Jenison sat back and watched the Gemini and Apollo space flights from her T. Little Mae didn’t realize that the odds were stacked against her in the dream for space exploration, not only was she a women but an African-American aswell, but somehow Mae knew this was her destiny.
		Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17,1956, in Decatur, Alabama to parents Charlie and Dorothy Jemison.
		Mae successfully completed her NASA training program in August of 1988, and a little over 4 years later, she became the fifth African American and first fl female to enter Outer Space as a mission specialist on STS-47 Endeavor.
	www.freefortermpapers.com /show_essay/9469.html (1340 words)

	CNN.com - Black History Month 2002
		Jemison is also a social scientist and an advocate for public education and the developing world.
		She later founded The Jemison Group, served as a consultant to the Discovery Channel's "World of Wonders" program and appeared in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." A popular speaker at civic, education and business forums, Jemison published her autobiography, "Find Where the Wind Goes," in 2001.
		The youngest of three children, Jemison was born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/01.jemison (262 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| January 1, 1993: Headlines: COS - Sierra Leone: Space: Science: Education: Awards: Essence ...
		Over breakfast, Jemison tells me this story: "When I came home for Christmas, my first year at Stanford University, I brought my calculus with me. My mother said, \|Why don't you ask your father to help you?' I thought she couldn't be serious.
		Until her next flight, which is unscheduled, Mae spends her workdays earthbound at NASA in Houston doing scientific experiments.
		Jemison is enjoying her life and its opportunities.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2024518.html (2196 words)

	Today in Technology History - Oct 17
		Jemison, who was born on October 17, 1956, grew up in Chicago.
		Jemison served in a ground support capacity on several NASA missions, but only went into space once herself: NASA's fiftieth shuttle mission, aboard the Endeavour.
		Jemison left NASA in March 1993, and two months later appeared as a guest star on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," a sequel to the show that had inspired her in her youth.
	www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2001/oct17.htm (290 words)

	Mae Jemison: Women's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mae Jemison, an American astronaut and physician, became the first fl woman to travel in space.
		Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, and moved to Chicago as a young child.
		She became the director of the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College.
	www.worldbook.com /features/whm/html/whm059.html (151 words)

	The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Mae Carol Jemison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mae Carol Jemison (1956-) was born in Decatur, Alabama, but considers Chicago, Illinois, to be her hometown.
		On September 12, 1992, Mae Jemison, was lifted into orbit on the Shuttle Endeavor and became the first African American woman to enter space.
		Jemison was Science Mission Specialist on the STS-47 Space lab J flight, a US/Japan joint mission.
	www.spacefame.org /jemison.html (281 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| July 1, 1996: Headlines: COS - Sierra Leone: Space: Science: Education: African American Issues: ...
		An engineer, physician, educator and jazz dancer, Mae Jemison is keenly aware of the obstacles that women and minorities must overcome to succeed in fields that have long been exclusionary.
		Before blasting into orbit aboard the Endeavour in 1992, Jemison, the first woman of color in space, called actress Nichelle Nichols to thank her for the inspiration.
		Now the president of her own consulting firm, its mission to find high-tech salves for the afflictions of developing nations, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is the Lt. Uhura of her generation.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2024517.html (2647 words)

	Jemison
		Jemison completed her internship at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center in July 1982 and worked as a General Practitioner with INA/Ross Loos Medical Group in Los Angeles until December 1982.
		Jemison developed and participated in research projects on Hepatitis B vaccine, schistosomaisis and rabies in conjunction with the National Institute of Health and the Center for Disease Control.
		CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Dr. Jemison is assigned as a mission specialist on STS-47, Spacelab-J. This cooperative mission between the United States and Japan, to conduct experiments in life sciences and materials processing, is scheduled for launch in September 1992.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/jemison.htm (657 words)

	African American Heritage Month, American Embassy Dar es Salaam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		By the time she was thirty-one Mae Jemison had received a double-major in Chemical Engineering and African-American studies and had served as a doctor in the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
		Jemison was working as a general practitioner in Los Angeles when she first applied to the space program, in October of 1985--three months before the space shuttle Challenger accident that killed seven astronauts.
		Jemison's job was to study weightlessness and motion sickness on the seven-person crew.
	usembassy.state.gov /tanzania/wwwhbhm020504.html (1323 words)

	Archives Main Page
		Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, who said she had been inspired to become a space traveler while watching Black actress Nichelle Nichols on the television series “ Star Trek,” was a former Los Angeles medical intern and Peace Corps physician when she was selected for astronaut training.
		In September of 1992 she became the first Black woman in space when she flew aboard the shuttle Endeavor where she conducted experiments to determine the effects of zero gravity on humans and animals.
		When Dr. Jemison later made a guest appearance on the television show “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” her childhood ambition had come full circle.
	www.blackpressusa.com /history/archive_essay.asp?NewsID=693&Week=23 (448 words)

	Jemison, Mae -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Jemison moved with her family to Chicago at the age of three.
		Mae Hong Son has an airport with scheduled flights to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Lampang, and Phrae.
		On stage and in films Mae West set the standard for generations of voluptuous, seductive blondes.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9003005&ref=news0205 (538 words)

	Mae Jemison
		Mae Jemison is an American astronaut who was born on October 17, 1956, in Alabama.
		Before she became an astronaut, Jemison practiced medicine in Africa and California.
		Jemison became the first African-American woman in space during STS-47 in 1992.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/jemison.html (109 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| February 9, 2005: Index: PCOL Exclusive: Staffer Mae Jemison
		Mae Jemison went to work for the Peace Corps where she was stationed in Sierra Leone and Liberia as the area Peace Corps medical officer
		Mae Jemison's studies in science didn't make her want to change the world, Jemison told her audience.
		Mae Jemison says "Sometimes we can talk so much about roadblocks and impediments and racism and sexism that people start to bow down to it, much more than if you just mention it peripherally and you know it's there but we don't obsess on it.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2028006.html (1599 words)

	Jemison - NewStandard: 5/28/96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On 12 September 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first fl woman to travel into outer space.
		Jemison, determined from childhood to explore space, became the first Jemison encourages women and minorities to enter scientific fields: "I want to
		Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, Prior to joining NASA in 1987, Dr. Jemison worked in both engineering and medicine
	multidr.com /mutd/jemison.html (267 words)

	Space
		Mae Jemison's curiosity and energy led her to learn about many things.
		And even though astronauts are brave, Dr. Jemison had to conquer her own feelings of fear growing up, too, as all children do.
		Mae's love for science took her to the library.
	teacher.scholastic.com /space/mae_jemison (434 words)

	Mae Jemison: Astronaut - EnchantedLearning.com
		Mae Carol Jemison (October 17, 1956 -) was the first African-American woman in space.
		Jemison was the youngest of three children; she was born in Decatur, Alabama, but was brought up in Chicago, Illinois.
		Jemison founded the International Science Camp in Chicago in 1994; it is a program designed to interest children in science and space.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/j/jemison.shtml (293 words)

	Mae Jemison: Cloze Activity Answers - EnchantedLearning.com
		Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, and was the youngest of three children.
		Jemison appeared on an episode of the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1993.
		A printable worksheet on the pioneering African-American astronaut Mae Carol Jemison.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/j/jemisonclozeanswers.shtml (254 words)

	Things 2 Do! The Winners of the Women's History Month Essay Contest in Montgomery County, Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mae Jemison became the first African American women astronaut in September 1992 when she launched into space aboard the space shuttle named Endeavour.
		Mae C. Jemison was born Oct. 17, 1956 in Decatur Alabama.
		Dr. Jemison was an honor student in high school and won a scholarship to Stanford University.
	www.things2do.org /winner.html (1379 words)

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