Beth Brown Essay

In Mae’s early life she was already interested in the aspect of science she knew she wanted to do something in that field. Although when she told her parents and peers this, they discouraged her. Although they didn’t encourage her because women equality and racism were still a little heavy, she persevered. She studied up on different type fields of science in the library, but most times on astrology. She had a dream to be an astronaut, and no one was going to stop her. At the age of sixteen she attended stanford university and got her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and African

Alice Brown Davis- lived all of her life serving the Seminole Nation, in the early nineteenth century. She mostly taught, but she ran a trading post called Arbeka. She also built a ranch, was in charge of other local Native American currency, and was the superintendent of the Seminole girls' school. Not to mention she was a law interpreter, and even traveled to Palm beach, Florida to act as an interpreter a murder trial involving a Seminole man. In 1922 she became chief by President Warren G. Harding. Here, she became the first women to lead the Seminole Nation. Though, she was elected by the president, not by her tribe. Her tribe found her to be “well thought of and well respected and the people were happy with having her as Chief. “

Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a woman of firsts: first single woman in Tennessee to be granted the right to become an adoptive parent; first African American woman to serve in the Tennessee state legislature; and the first African American woman to become a surgeon in the South.

On June 19,1995 Dustin Turner and Billy Joe Brown lives went downhill. One man committed a murder and the other witnessed, but both are spending their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. Dusty Turner should be released, he was charged and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. He was charged with First Degree Murder and Abduction; and sentenced to 82 years in prison.

1960 during a racial time in the United States, three African-American women changed the way women work forever. Christine Darden had a lot of accomplishments with her career but two of her accomplishments were more important to her than others. Christine Darden, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughn were three women who joined the NASA association during the 1960’s.

Sally was interested in sports, science, and math from a young age. Since she was a well educated young girl, she also had a partial scholarship. When she was about 13, she moved to a private school, which was Westlake School for Girls, because of her scholarship. There she began to love astronomy, which is the study

At a young age Clara brown was kind to other people. Clara was born a slave somewhere around 1800. Young clara was born in Virginia. Clara would give money to people in need. She would also help slaves .For example,she would help getting something important that they needed.

Though unknown to many people, nurse and inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown created a well-known and necessary modern device. Born October 30, 1922 in Queens, New York, Marie grew up to marry Albert L. Brown and become a nurse. Still living in Queens, a high-crime city with poor police response time, Brown was concerned for her family’s safety. So she worked with her husband, an electrical technician, to create an automated security system. It included a set of four peepholes and a camera connected to their front door, which transmitted to a television screen in their bedroom. The Browns could see the visitor through the peepholes, and converse with them via a 2-way audio system. Upon verifying the safety of the visitor, the door could be unlocked

“There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.”-Mae C. Jemison. When the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on it’s second mission on September 12, 1992, it carried the first African-American women into space. Mae C. Jemison was not only an astronaut, she’s also a physician, a Peace Corps volunteer, a teacher, and a founder and president of two technology companies.

This article tells me about an astrophysicist called Sara Ms Seager. She is a genius and trying her best to find planets that show signs of life. After her husband’s death, she had a hard time manage her life and her sons. Then she met her new friends, and married Darrow. She could not cook well, but she never stops thinking about looking for other creatures in the space. Moreover, she believes that there must be life on other planet. Since she is good at Mathematics and love astronomy, she is quite likely to succeed.

Caroline Herschel “was a pioneer of her time! She was an educated woman who would catalogue stars and nebula, and discover comets. She would be the first woman astronomer to earn a salary, acquire honors, and be accepted into scientific organizations” (AmazingSpace). She became an instrumental figure in the study of astronomy. Her work and achievements has broken monumental barriers and has expanded our knowledge of astronomy. Some of her work and documentation is still used today, approximately two hundered years later.

Prior the 20th century, it was unacceptable for women to study or work in the fields of science. Of course, this included fields such as astronomy. Yet, this did not stop the women who were interested by what laid beyond our planet’s night sky. In a field dominated by men even today, it is valuable to recall the important contributions and achievements of women in astronomy.

In an English countryside, tucked away in a valley and a blanket of trees there stands a small village called Puddlemarsh. Here, there are several cottages, a small primary school and an old church. The shops along the village high street include a small, family run bakery where you can buy home-made bread and cream cakes, sausage rolls and pasties. There's a butcher's shop where you can buy sausages and bacon, pork pies and black pudding. There is a Post Office where you can not only post letters but find all sorts of knick-knacks that might interest anyone who pops in to buy a stamp.

Maria Mitchell is the professional astronomer that I decided to research for better understanding of her life and how she impacted the world of science. Mitchell isn’t of this time. She was born in 1819 and grew up in Mantuckett, MAssicuttes. Accoring to Biography.com, Mitche;; was one of the “first professional female astronmers in the United States.” She did have a very large family, she was one of nine children. Her family did support her studies, especialy her father. He was the one that taught her how to use a telescope. If it wasn’t for him teaching her how to use a telescope, she might not have found an unknown comet. This was the highlight of her carree. At the age of only 28 , she discovered a new comet that was named, “Miss Mitchell’s

I had a busy week. My Bailey book was received via ILL. I must take my librarian out to lunch for getting my book requests to me so quickly. I am reading it now and will stay up late to read more of it. He was second director of HCO and had some comments to say about Pickering’s management style and why he hired women assistants. It seems that finances and the “new astronomy”, AKA astrophysics were driving factors. I am seeing more and more that astronomical photography was a big factor. Now I am wondering if astrophysics and the advent of astrophotography were driving the “industrialization of astronomy” thereby creating a way for the women assistants to be able to do more and more in astronomy. I need to read some more about this.