US biology textbooks highlighted seven men for every woman scientist. And black women were not represented a single time in any of the works analysed. Based on the current rate, it will be ...

Black History Month is a good time to celebrate notable Black scientists, like Katherine Johnson, Benjamin Banneker, and more ...

Jemison’s historic spaceflight shattered barriers for Black women and other BIPOC individuals. She continues to be a role ...

Doctors, scientists, nurses ... She recently said in an interview with Essence in the US that black people in America are about two to three times more likely to die from covid-19, so “as ...

Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist, and one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at a science agency in Washington, D.C. She joined the National Institutes of ...

Women’s History Month honors the contributions of women to American culture and society. ACS has selected a few of many distinguished women scientists (some still unknown) in history whose dedication ...