STEM Trailblazer

SHIRLY ANN JACKSON
Physicist & former head of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Her work enabled the invention of the portable fax, touch tone phone, solar cells, fiber optic cables & more
- 1st African-American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT

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2022-11-06

Inventor of 3D Images

VALERIE THOMAS
Invented the Illusion Transmitter

- Scientist & Inventor
- Managed images processing systems for NASA's "Landsat"- the first satellite to send images from space
- Today she presides over her regional chapter of Shades of Blue

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2022-11-01