African American Famous Scientists. 23 black female scientists who changed the damn world. Patricia bath made significant contributions to.

Alexa canady became the first african american woman neurosurgeon in the united states in 1981, according to changing the face of medicine, an exhibition curated by the u.s. American engineer, physician and nasa astronaut, mae carol jemison became the first african american woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the space shuttle endeavour. Her research at dow focused on latex and polymers.