Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
Katherine Johnson is a physicist, space scientist, and NASA mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights.
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