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	Mae Jemison Summary
		Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a roofer and carpenter, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, an elementary school teacher.
		Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a roofer and carpenter, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, an elementary school teacher.
		Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama.
	www.bookrags.com /Mae_Jemison (4735 words)

	Mae Jemison
		Jemison was Science Mission Specialist (a NASA first) on the STS-47 Spacelab J flight, a US/Japan joint mission.
		Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on October 17, 1955, in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		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.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/m/ma/mae_jemison.html (675 words)

	Mae Jemison
		Jemison was a professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College from 1995 - 2002, where she directed the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries.
		Jemison has presented to the UN on the uses of space technology, appeared weekly as the host and technical consultant of the "World of Wonder" series on the Discovery channel in 1994-1995, appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and was the subject of the PBS documentary The New Explorers.
		A noted lecturer, Dr. Jemison speaks nationally and internationally on science literacy, sustainable development, education, achieving excellence, the importance of increased participation of women and minorities in science and technology fields and investing in the present to secure the future.
	www.bayerus.com /msms/about/spokesperson/bio.html (751 words)

	Mae Jemison - MSN Encarta
		Mae Jemison, born in 1956, American astronaut, who became the first African American woman to travel in space.
		Born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, Jemison moved to Chicago with her family when she was three years old.
		Jemison served as Area Peace Corps Medical Officer for Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa from 1983 to 1985.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565405/Jemison_Mae.html (163 words)

	Mae Jemison to deliver commencement address at Stanford
		Jemison now lives and works in Houston, where she founded the Jemison Group Inc., to research, develop and implement advanced technologies, especially in the developing world.
		Jemison currently is 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.
		Jemison, who was born in Decatur, Ala., and raised in Chicago, says teachers tried to talk her out of a science career when she was young and even after she had earned her medical degree.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/pr/96/960131jemison.html (777 words)

	Mae Jemison - Picture - MSN Encarta
		As part of the space shuttle Endeavour mission in 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space.
		Jemison had developed experiments designed to test the effects of weightlessness on humans and animals, and part of her work on the Endeavour mission involved performing these experiments.
		As a pioneer in the field of space exploration, Jemison believed in space exploration as a birthright of every human being, regardless of religion, ethnicity, or economic circumstances.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461538571/Mae_Jemison.html (78 words)

	Mae Jemison coverage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jemison's remarkable career as an astronaut, physician, educator, scientist and entrepreneur has made her one of Cornell's most distinguished alums.
		Jemison told her audience that she took with her on board the Endeavor objects representing both scientific and artistic achievement: a poster of dancer Judith Jamison, a Bundu statue from Sierra Leone and a certificate from Chicago schoolchildren pledging to improve their science and math skills.
		Jemison was appointed in 1999 to a six-year A.D. White professorship, endowed by the President's Council of Cornell Women.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/02/4.4.02/Jemison.html (504 words)

	Mae Jemison
		Mae Jemison was born October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama but her family moved to Chicago when she was three.
		Jemison resigned from NASA in 1993 to pursue personal goals related to science education and health care in West Africa.
		In 1988, Jemison won the Science and Technology Award given by Essence magazine and in 1990 she was Gamma Sigma Gamma's Woman of the Year.
	www.edwardsly.com /jemisonm.htm (254 words)

	WWW6: Mae Jemison (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her company The Jemison Group, Inc., is dedicated to research, develop and implement advanced technologies suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual.
		Jemison is a professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and directs the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College.
		Jemison will be speaking on her work at the Jemison Insitute as well as world-wide accessibility issues.
	www.geckil.com /~harvest/www6/Plenary/jemison.html (547 words)

	Mae C. Jemison
		Growing Up Mae C. Jemison was born the youngest of three children of Charlie and Dorothy Jemison, a maintenance worker and schoolteacher.
		Jemison has presented at the UN on the uses of space technology, appeared weekly as the host and technical consultant of the "World of Wonder" series on the Discovery Channel in 1994-95, appeared in an episode of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, and was the subject of the PBS documentary THE NEW EXPLORERS.
		A noted lecturer, Dr. Jemison speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as science literacy, the need for increased women and minority participation in math and sciences, education, achieving excellence and investing in the present to secure the future.
	www.kidpositive.com /extras/realside/jemison.html (644 words)

	Welcome to AONE 2006 Conference
		Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993 and founded The Jemison Group, Inc. The Jemison Group, Inc. was established to focus on the beneficial integration of science and technology into our everyday lives.
		Jemison was elected into the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine in 2001.
		A fierce advocate of a liberal arts education, with a natural aptitude toward the sciences, Dr. Jemison addresses a myriad of topics, from general motivation, to science literacy, to technological and medical innovations, always bringing her sense of humor to each story she tells.
	www.aone.org /aone/conference2006/bios/maejemison.html (878 words)

	Amazon.fr : Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life: Livres en anglais: Mae Jemison (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But the writing sings, for example, when Jemison recalls her blossoming interest in science, relating her work on a third grade report about "the evolution of life on planet Earth" and a high school sickle-cell anemia project (students could almost follow the process she outlines here as a blueprint for their own science fair projects).
		Jemison's vitality, intelligence, and humor shine through the book, and she has a fascinating and inspiring life story to tell.
		When kindergartener Mae told her teacher she wanted to be a scientist, the woman replied, "Don't you mean a nurse?" Mae held her ground.
	www.amazon.fr /Find-Where-Wind-Goes-Moments/dp/product-description/0613720172 (1534 words)

	Super Scientists - Mae Jemison
		Jemison is the first female of color to go into space, where she conducted experiments in 1992 aboard the space shuttle.
		Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago.
		Jemison has worked to make science an attractive career choice, while encouraging all people, especially women and minorities, to pursue the careers they choose in science, technology or any other fields.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /scientists/jemison.html (257 words)

	Mae Jemison - ExampleProblems.com
		Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		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.
		She has presented at the United Nations 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Lieutenant Palmer.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Mae_Jemison (662 words)

	Mae Jemison: Coming in from Outer Space - Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jemison spoke of her days at Morgan Park High School and told the students that what she learned there helped her as a chemical engineering major at Stanford University.
		For now, Jemison plans to return to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston and place her name back into the pool of astronauts to be selected for the next space shuttle flight.
		Jemison hopes that her historic journey into outer space will underscore the need for a greater Black presence in space exploration, science and technology.
	www.questia.com /CM.qst?D=news20060506bb (940 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Women of NASA ::
		Dr. Jemison, the youngest of three children, was born in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		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.
		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.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html (834 words)

	Dr. Mae Jamison
		Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, September 12, 1992, the world's first woman of color to go into space and the city of Chicago's first astronaut in U.S. history.
		Jemison attended Stanford University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American studies.
		Jemison was a General Practitioner in Los Angeles with the INA/Ross Loos Medical Group, and then spent 2 ½ years as Area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.
	www.jemisonfoundation.org /drmae.htm (310 words)

	Boys (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mae Jamison was born on Octoberber 17, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois.
		After Mae Jamison returned to the United States, she applied to the National Space Administration because she wanted to be an astronaut.
		Mae Jamison's flight came in September 1992, and Mae had a mission on the shuttle Endeavor.
	www.thirteen.org /edonline/studentstake/bcny/index_Files/MaeJ.html (237 words)

	Celebration of Teaching & Learning . Featured Speaker . Dr. Mae Jemison \| Thirteen/WNET and WLIW
		As an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, Dr. Jemison manages to stay connected to her Alma Mater though this program which brings select individuals to the campus to supplement the activities of permanent faculty.
		Jemison is a former professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College.
		Jemison has presented to the UN on the uses of space technology, appeared weekly as the host and technical consultant of the "World of Wonder" series on the Discovery channel in 1994-1995, appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and was the subject of the PBS documentary The New Explorers.
	www.thirteen.org /celebration/speaker_jemison.html (842 words)

	Mae Jemison biography
		Jemison served in the Peace Corps, from January 1983 to June 1985.
		Jemison successfully completed her astronaut training program in August 1988, becoming the fifth fl astronaut and the first fl female astronaut in NASA history.
		Mae Jemison is outspoken about the impact of technical advances in the fl population, and encourages African Americans to pursue careers in science and engineering.
	www.topblacks.com /science/mae-jemison.htm (350 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)

	CNN.com - Then & Now: Dr. Mae Jemison - Jan 14, 2005
		Mae Jemison gets ready for her historic flight into space in 1992.
		Jemison, who says she was a curious child, credited her parents for encouraging her to quench her curiosity by researching and reasoning things through.
		Jemison received a scholarship to Stanford at the age of 16 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering as well as a degree in African and Afro-American studies.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/01/07/cnn25.tan.jemison/index.html (803 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
		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)

	Dr. Mae Jemison
		Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama on October 17, 1956.
		Mae Jemison enrolled at Stanford University at the age of 16 and in 1977 graduated with degrees in both chemical engineering and Afro-American studies.
		In 1993, Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA and founded the Jemison Group, Inc. Among her current projects are several that focus on improving healthcare in Africa and advancing technology in developing countries.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/jemison.html (279 words)

	Mae Jemison: Astronaut - EnchantedLearning.com
		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.
		Jemison has practiced medicine in Western Africa and founded the Jemison Group to research an develop technology and the Jemison Institute for Advanced Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College.
	www.zoomschool.com /explorers/page/j/jemison.shtml (293 words)

	Women in Chemistry: Mae Jemison
		Mae Jemison dreamed of traveling to space, so she studied science, earning a degree in chemical engineering at Stanford University and a medical degree from Cornell University.
		When she returned to the United States, Jemison practiced medicine for a while but ultimately decided to pursue her childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.
		Having seen firsthand the poverty that exists in developing nations, she is especially interested in finding inexpensive high-tech ways to help, such as portable, solar-powered, electric generators that can bring electricity to parts of the world where no electric power is available.
	www.chemheritage.org /women_chemistry/career/jemison.html (525 words)

	Mae Jemison and Linda Lorelle / Women Who Inspire Us / Magazine / Home - Women For Hire
		Mae: I respect Linda because she had the nerve to pursue professional dance after graduating from college with honors in Italian and psychology.
		Linda: I have so much respect for what Mae has accomplished and continues to accomplish professionally, but I have just as much admiration for the kind of person she is. She is as real as they come.
		Mae Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, becoming the first African American woman in space.
	www.womenforhire.com /magazine/women_who_inspire_us/mae_jemison_and_linda_lorelle (738 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 (712 words)

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