by caroljacobsen.org | Nov 18, 2021 | WOCAA Book One
Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994 Rudolph’s legacy lies in her efforts to overcome obstacles from childhood illnesses including polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world in 1960. Rudolph is also regarded as a civil rights and women’s rights...
by caroljacobsen.org | Nov 18, 2021 | WOCAA Book One
Rosa Parks, 1913 –2005 Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil...
by caroljacobsen.org | Nov 17, 2021 | WOCAA Book One
Dr. Patricia Era Bath, 1942 –2019 Dr. Bath was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. She was the inventor of laser cataract surgery. Her invention was called Laserphaco Probe. She also became the first woman member of the Jules Stein Eye...
by caroljacobsen.org | Nov 17, 2021 | WOCAA Book One
Sarah Boone, 1832-1904 Sarah Boone was an African-American inventor. She was born into slavery and barred from formal education but was educated by her grandfather at home. After she married James Boone in 1847 she was freed from involuntary servitude. Boone, a...
by caroljacobsen.org | Nov 16, 2021 | WOCAA Book One
Katherine Johnson, 1918 – 2020 Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at...
