Mae C. Jemison digital Poster, SHE CHANGED STEM series. Downloadable file (Funding Campaign)_Monochromatic

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which she orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.

Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering as well as African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison was a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA.

Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and through the foundation is the principal of the 100 Year Starship project funded by DARPA. Jemison also wrote several books for children and appeared on television several times, including in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.

“One of the things that I really strongly believe in is that we need to have more girls interested in math, science, and engineering. We’ve got half the population that is way underrepresented in those fields and that means that we’ve got a whole bunch of talent…not being encouraged the way they need to.”. Former President Barack Obama, 2013

Today, women hold only 27 percent of the jobs in computer science, and 14 percent in engineering. One reason is the lack of female role models in STEM fields to encourage more girls to study math and science.

"SHE CHANGED STEM" poster series feature women working in the field of STEM that revolutionized science with their hard work and brilliant findings.

Half of the profits from the sale of "SHE CHANGED STEM" posters and digital files will be donated every week to a different non-profit organization promoting gender equality in STEM fields, The other half will allow us to print extra posters to donate to Schools and educational institutions.

Now more than ever is time to take action and honor women's legacy in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

You can buy the printed posters individually from this store in JPG format to print it yourself (3600 x 2700 pixels, up to 24" x 18", 150 DPI)