Dr. Mae Jemison #1327

Caption from poster__        Dr. Mae Jemison     Mae Jemison became the first African American woman  astronaut in 1987. She was a physician who also spent time with the Peace Corp. After Mae Jemison left NASA's space program, she joined the staff of a medical school,  and also runs her own technology firm.    Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space when she served on the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavor in September 1992. Jemison's life, however, is also full of terrestrial accomplishments. A high school graduate at the age of 16, she attended Stanford University on a scholarship, graduating with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and having fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. After graduating from medical school (Cornell University, 1981), Jemison joined the Peace Corps, serving as its area medical officer from 1983 to 1985 in the West African countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia. After serving