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[The couple jump the broom at their wedding ceremony.]
These two women are the first lesbian couple to be married in Jamaica. You can read their story at Ebony and view the lovely photo set here.
( Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn on jumping the broom. )
[The couple jump the broom at their wedding ceremony.]
These two women are the first lesbian couple to be married in Jamaica. You can read their story at Ebony and view the lovely photo set here.
( Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn on jumping the broom. )
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a Nigerian-British space scientist and science communicator. She's worked in academia and industry, and she's on BBC Two right now, talking about the origins of space exploration in "In Orbit: How Satellites Rule...". Catch it on iPlayer if you're not watching it now!
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Summarized from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Teng:
Vienna Teng is the stage name of Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter Cynthia Yih Shih.
Although Ms. Shih began her career as a software engineer, she decided to pursue her music career full time after she was signed by Virt Records in 2002. From 2002 to 2010, Vienna Teng released 4 studio albums.
Among her fans is late-night television host David Letterman, who immediately booked her to perform on his show. He praised her debut album:
"I've heard the entire CD, and there's not a dud on this."
In 2010, Vienna Teng was named a Next Century Citizen by Future-ish.
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Vienna Teng is the stage name of Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter Cynthia Yih Shih.
Although Ms. Shih began her career as a software engineer, she decided to pursue her music career full time after she was signed by Virt Records in 2002. From 2002 to 2010, Vienna Teng released 4 studio albums.
Among her fans is late-night television host David Letterman, who immediately booked her to perform on his show. He praised her debut album:
"I've heard the entire CD, and there's not a dud on this."
In 2010, Vienna Teng was named a Next Century Citizen by Future-ish.
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Astronaut and physician Mae Jemison became the first black woman in space aboard the Endeavour space shuttle in 1992. She cites Commander Uhura from the television series Star Trek as one of her inspirations when she was growing up. Little did she know that later in life she would appear on Star Trek herself (in The Next Generation episode “Second Chances”). She continues to reach out to minority students to get them interested in science.
"In kindergarten, my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I told her a scientist. She said, 'Don't you mean a nurse?' Now, there's nothing wrong with being a nurse, but that's not what I wanted to be."
“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”
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"In kindergarten, my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I told her a scientist. She said, 'Don't you mean a nurse?' Now, there's nothing wrong with being a nurse, but that's not what I wanted to be."
“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”
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This week’s theme is Female Nobel Laureates. Sadly, there are so few - and correspondingly even fewer of colour - that this really will only fill one week.
Dr Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work in Kenya. I learned of her death last week from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ajnabieh’s entry about her, from which I extract this quote from Wangari Maathai’s 2008 Blackwell Award acceptance speech. The Blackwell Award is given by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in honour of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the first woman in America to receive the Doctor of Medicine degree, to a woman “whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.” The list of awardees can be viewed here.
( Planting trees can be politically dangerous )
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Dr Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work in Kenya. I learned of her death last week from
ajnabieh’s entry about her, from which I extract this quote from Wangari Maathai’s 2008 Blackwell Award acceptance speech. The Blackwell Award is given by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in honour of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the first woman in America to receive the Doctor of Medicine degree, to a woman “whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.” The list of awardees can be viewed here.( Planting trees can be politically dangerous )
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