Mae Jemison

I'm taking it upon myself to submit as an Awesome Woman for this week Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut. She speaks Russian and Swahili, and she's a chemical engineer AND a medical doctor.
 
http://teacher.scholastic.​com/space/mae_jemison/inde​x.htm

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