Marjorie Lee Browne

Some say she contributed a lot of important things to science. Her many honors include induction into Phi Beta Kappa as well as being tapped as a fellow of the American Association for the advancement of science. She started a scholarship in honor of her father for minority students who want to study science at Queens College. She is described as a person a happy person because of her accomplishments. She inspires african-american females to do what they put their mind to.

Madam C. J. Walker was a black philanthropist, an entrepreneur, a social and political activist. She was born as Sarah Breedlove, on the 23rd of December 1867 and died on the 25th of May 1919. She was widely recognized as one of the wealthiest women in the country as well as the very first female self-made millionaire. She used her company, which she founded, Madame C. J. Walker Manufacturing as her business frontier (Walker and Bundles 208). Her business was quite successful in developing and advertising a hair and beauty products for black women. Through her business, she ventured into philanthropy and activism. She made numerous financial donations to many organizations, and she also became a patron of the arts. Her extravagant estate served the purpose of a gathering venue for many African American people. Following her death, the Madame Walker Theatre Centre opened in 1927 to ensure her legacy remained.

professor of mathematics. She taught at the District of Columbia Teachers College for which she

She took both offers but left New York and moved to Los Angeles to teach longer in California State. She also taught in a University in Nashville, Tennessee as Professor as well. She was the Professor in California State and was married again in 1970 to Edward V. Granville. She taught for thirty years and retired in 1984. After her years of teaching, that didn’t stop her from doing what she loved to do. She joined the University of Texas in Tyler as professor and was over the Mathematics department. She also created programs for the Elementary schools called Math Enrichment. She co-wrote the textbook and participated in the Miller Mathematics Improvements. She went back to New York and worked as Research Assistance part-time for one year. She also created the computer software for NASA’s Project Vanguard and project Mercury Space programs. Her interest in Astronomy still occurs to what she still have plans for encouraging students to receive an education. She was honored by the National Academy of Service in 1999. Evelyn was also rewarded honorary degree by Smith College and Lincoln University. They honored her works for the students that she have taught in her years of teaching. She admired her Math teachers in high school, whom helped her get where she is today. She is still living and have programs that can help students learn as well. As she progressed over the years,

Occupation: Civil Rights Activist Born: September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi Best known for: First African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South Biography: Where did Ruby Bridges grow up? Ruby Bridges grew up on a small farm in Tylertown, Mississippi. Her parents were sharecroppers, meaning they farmed the land, but didn't own it. When Ruby was four years old, her family moved to New Orleans. In New Orleans, Ruby lived in a small apartment where she shared a bedroom with her sister and two younger brothers. Her father worked at a gas station and her mother worked night jobs to help make ends meet. Ruby had fun playing with her friends in New Orleans. They played softball, jumped rope, and climbed trees.

On January 7, 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born in the tiny town of Notasulga, Alabama. She was the fifth of eight children in the Hurston household. Her father John was a carpenter, sharecropper, and a Baptist preacher; and her mother Lucy, a former schoolteacher. Within a year of Zora's birth, the family moved to Eatonville, Florida; a town, which held historical significance as the first, incorporated Black municipality in the United States.

Marjorie Joyner was born on October 24, in 1896 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Her parents Emmanuel Stewart a schoolteacher, and Annie Daugherty Stewart were descended from slaves. When she was teenager she moved to Chicago, and she grew up in poverty. Her parents divorced soon afterward. When she moved with her mother, it was further derailed by cleaning and waitressing jobs. Joyner attended Englewood High School on the South Side.

Madame C.J. Walker was a self made millionaire who was a wonderful lady that helped people no matter what. She made a great impact on the world and all those around her. Even though this marvelous lady died she had a great life and will always be remembered.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, at only eight years old she was sent to work in the service and experienced hostile actions and abuse. At age eleven she encountered a race riot in which forty black and eight white people were killed. Later she left home and scavenged for food and attempted to earn what little money she could by dancing on the streets, where she was recruited for the chorus line in St. Louis vaudeville. At fifteen she began performing in

In my advance math decision-making (AMDM) class we were encouraged to look up a famous black mathematics for black history month, so we could see that there were black mathematician in the field of work. Therefore, I choose Marjorie lee Browne known for her gifted skills in math and for her electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College.

being far from her family and asked herself “What in the world, Barbara Jordan, are you doing here?” when she felt confusion towards what was the reason for why she was far from her family. After three long years of Barbara studying at Boston University she graduated with the degree in law in June 1959. This was the only time her family spent money to go down to Boston to see her graduate. Once graduated Barbara maintained in Boston working at the Boston University dormitory house mother then realized she missed her home in Texas. Once

Dr. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Baily Johnson, was a doorman, and, later a dietician for the navy. Her mother, Vivian Johnson, was a registered nurse. When Angelou was three years old, her parents were divorced. They sent her and her four-year-old brother, Baily, Jr., to live with their paternal grandmother, Annie Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas. Henderson ran a small general store and managed to scrape by. She continued to do so after her grandchildren joined her. Angelou's grandmother was one the many strong who trained her, helped her, and provided her with role models. The people of her church also nurtured her and gave her a sense of belonging to a community. But her

Marie Sophie Germain was born in Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, France, on April 1, 1776, in a wealthy Persian family. Ambroise-Francois, her father, was a rich man who was assumed to be a wealthy silk merchant, or a goldsmith. Ambroise was elected as the representative of the bourgeoisie to Etats-Généraux en 1789, which had involved his daughter to witness many discussions with her father and his peers. When she was 13, The French Revolution broke out. Enforcing her to remain indoors,as she turned to her father’s library to take away her boredom where she became interested in mathematics. Pouring her time into each book as she had taught herself Latin and Greek, allowing her to read other famous mathematicians work such as Isaac Newton.

She was born to parents Marjorie and Michael Prepon. Her mother is a high school teacher while her father is an orthopaedic surgeon. She spent most of her childhood days with her four

The next woman to be discussed is Grace Chisholm Young. She was a mathematician from England and received her education at Girton College in Cambridge, England. She then continued her