Madam C.J. Walker
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Haircare Mogul & the first African American Self-Made Female Millionaire
Patricia Bath
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Notable Ophthalmologist & Inventor
Katherine Johnson
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Mathematician & One of the First African-American Women to Work as a NASA Scientist
Bessie Coleman
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First African-American woman to hold a pilot license
Charles Drew
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Surgeon who revolutionized the field of blood transfusions.
Mary J. Wilson
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Zoologist & First Black Senior Zookeeper
George Washington Carver
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Agricultural Scientist & Inventor
Reginald Lewis
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The First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
Alexa Canady
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First Black Female Neurosurgeon
Mae Jemison
First African-American woman to Travel into Space.