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On September 12, 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black female astronaut. She’s an engineer, a scientist, a physician, and an educator. We figure she can do anything she sets her mind to.
Check out her Instagram! @therealmaejemison
image: NASA
Her book: Find Where the Wind Goes
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