10 Black female scientists everyone should know about | Science - Varsity Online

From Marie Maynard Daly to Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Grace Blackshaw, Varsity explores the work of ten Black female scientists you might not have heard of, but definitely should have.
 

Kathleen Okikiolu, renowned British mathematician.

Scrolling through a list of famous scientists, it’s pretty obvious science has a diversity problem. Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Stephen Hawking – notice a pattern?

It’s important to remember that not all scientists are white men – others just don’t make it into our textbooks nearly as often as they should. Here are 10 Black female scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and healthcare professionals everyone should know about...

We need to do more than just recognise the contributions of women and underrepresented minorities to the scientific community. We need to make it easier for others to follow in their footsteps.
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Source: Varsity Online