Recently Twitter has been using the hashtags #BlackWomenDidThat and #Blackgirlmagic to show appreciation for achievements by black women throughout history.
We’ve selected our favourite women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEMs) tweets.
Shirley Jackson invented touch tone phones, caller ID & the interface allowing long distance call #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/SuSqkmCdSv
— The Unorthodox Duck (@GeauxGabby) July 29, 2016
Ola Orekunrin, Nigerian Doctor who Became The Youngest Doctor In England At Age 21.
#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/q5fypX28RU
— Muzy (@muzykahin) July 29, 2016
Alice Bell. Chemist. Discovered a game-changing leprosy treatment a year before she died at 24.#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/uZPZObAli1
— britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) July 29, 2016
Patent for closed-circuit television security was Marie Van Brittan Brown. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/VsGHudi6Ky
— (((Magic & Real))) (@DarlingEbony) July 29, 2016
Dr. Canady’s work in neurosurgery resulted in the development of a programmable antisiphon shunt #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/hpDk0qyxk8
— Jahkotta Lewis (@Jahkotta) July 29, 2016
Patricia Bath (Opthamologist) became the 1st woman on the staff of the Jules Stein Eye Insittute #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/KmucodWaZc
— Ani$$a (@nissapizzaa) July 29, 2016
How @NASA’s #KatherineJohnson Had the Right Stuff to Win the Space Race https://t.co/s6IUlDYIrM #BlackWomenDidThat
— Kim J. Bright (@kimbrightness) July 29, 2016
Dr. Mae Jemison – first Black woman astronaut to travel in space #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/wLLrvTS52P
— Dr. Tricia Goodley (@DrBentGoodley) July 29, 2016
#BlackWomenDidThat Claudia Alexander directed NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter :https://t.co/gSHzpd8xVW
— WhatFreshHellisThis? (@LisaBolekaja) July 29, 2016
