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Mae C. Jemison

1956 -

Mae C. Jemison was born on October 17,1956 in Decatur Alabama. As a young child she was interested in space traveling. During her time at Morgan Park High School, she became interested in engineering. When she graduated high school she entered Stanford University on a Natinal Achievement Scholarship. She also pursued a double major at Stanford and in 1977, she received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering and African Afro-American Studies.

Mae C. Jemison traveled to outer space in 1992. She is famous for being the first African-American female to travel to outer space. Mae C. Jemison impacted others by making them believe in themselves. Young girls started to think that maybe they would like to travel to outer space.

Some of Jemison's famous quotes are "I want to make sure we use all our talent not just 25 percent", "The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me", and "People may see astronauts and because the majority are white males, they tend to think it as nothing to do with them but it does".