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Mae Jemison
By: Cassie Berry
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When was she born?
• Born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama.
• Moved to Chicago, Illinois with her family when she was three years old and grew up there.
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What did she want to be when she grew up?
• Mae loved to read books about science and astronomy. When she was in Kindergarten, she told her teacher she wanted to be a scientist.
• She wanted to be an astronaut after she saw the first person that walked on the Moon on the news when she was 13.
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Where did she go to school?
• She graduated from high school in 1973 when she was only 16 years old.
• In 1977, she graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a degree in African and Afro-American Studies.
• She received a medical degree from Cornell University in 1981.
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Where has she traveled?
• When she was at Stanford she spent some time studying in Cuba and Kenya.
• After she finished medical school she joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Africa to work for two years.
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What happened on September 12, 1992?
Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space.
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She traveled in space as an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Endeavour with six other astronauts. She traveled in space for eight days.
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Where I Got My Information
Mae Jemison by Nancy Polette
www.biography.com/people/mae-c-jemison-9542378
www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html