Dorothy M. Hoover was a pioneer in the field of aeronautical mathematics and physics. The granddaughter of enslaved people, she overcame the significant obstacles facing African American women in the Jim Crow era of the twentieth century to earn advanced degrees in mathematics and physics.
American singer
The year she turned 45, singer Tina Turner began one of the most impressive comebacks in music history.
Viola Davis is only the 18th artist to ever achieve the prestigious EGOT, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony.
American actor
In 2021, Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday in the United States thanks in large part to the then-94-year-old Opal Lee.
American comedian
U.S. attorney general
As Dawn M. Blackman Sr. tells the story, “I was a city girl … I did not know a thing about gardening. Then, in 2003, I started gardening with 10 neighborhood children.” That project, started in her 50s, grew into Randolph Street Community Garden.
Harriett Jenkins did her part to diversify NASA as the assistant administrator for equal opportunity programs from 1974 to 1992.