Jemison

Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space.

Dr. Jemison is an excellent jazz dancer.

Dr. Mae Jemison speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili, as well as English.

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.

Mae Jemison received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Cornell University in 1981.

Dr. Jemison has practiced medicine as a volunteer in a Cambodian refugee camp and as a medical officer with the Peace Corps in West Africa.

Dr. Jemison excels in jazz dance and has appeared in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

A woman did not magically appear on a space shuttle. It took Sally Ride’s relentless commitment, Mae Jemison’s boundless courage to shatter that glass ceiling.