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Gloria Ford Gilmer
Mrs. Gilmer through the years…
Gloria Ford Gilmer – born in Baltimore, MD on June 25, 1928. Mrs. Gilmer was a mathematician, international researcher and former Milwaukee, WI educator. She is the 1st African-American woman mathematician to have her papers kept in the Library of Congress’ Manuscript Division. Mrs. Gilmer was regarded as the “Hidden Figure” of Wisconsin. She was the first African American to:
teach High School math in the Milwaukee, WI Public School district;
join the math faculty at Milwaukee Area Technical College;
become a math lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
earn a doctorate from Marquette University’s College of Education; and
sit on the Board of Governors for the Mathematical Association of America.
Mrs. Gilmer’s focused on ethnomathematics – which examines how math manifests itself in the daily lives of various world cultures. Her research and analysis led her to travel the world to study “the mathematics of the people”, from Hungary – Brazil – China – Egypt and Australia (to name a few).
2023 Black History Month
Looking for ways to engage in Black History Month? Check out: BlackHistoryMonth.Gov or National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
…hope that we all take a few minutes to reflect on Dr. King’s work and legacy of equality and justice and commit to doing what we can to further ‘The Dream’ into reality.
Embracing December’s winter cold
Thank you for stopping by. We hope that you take a little time to enjoy friends and family during this Holiday season.
Support & Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage
Hispanic Heritage is as rich and colorful as our flower mural. Join us in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our Nation and the World.
Support Hispanic-owned businesses (incl. Social Media Influencers);
Take in an art curation by your local Hispanic artists;
Visit a museum highlighting Hispanic cultures;
Visit https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/ for more ideas!
We join with everyone…
Juneteenth is a recent addition to the U.S. Federal Holidays. Are you looking for ways to join the celebrations? Check out a few helpful links below:
In Celebration of Pride Month:
Here at JSCS LLC, we’re so excited to join the LGBTQ+ community in celebrating the rich history and diversity within the community. How will you celebrate? Looking for ideas? Check out the various resources available ~ GLAAD.ORG
Happy Memorial Day!
American Flag ~ Memorial’s Day 2022
2nd: We cap off this month of May with heart-felt gratitude as we celebrate the Services of the U.S. Armed Forces.
May is a month full of excitement and celebration:
1st: We Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
To learn more – visit: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
Mary Winston Jackson
Mary Winston (Jackson) was born in Hampton, VA on April 9, 1921. She attended Hampton’s all-Black schools and graduated with high honors from George P. Phenix Training School in 1937. Mrs. Jackson earned dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physical science from Hampton Institute in 1942. She excelled academically in a time of racial segregation.
Mrs. Jackson was one of a small group of African American women who worked for NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) as “human computers”. In the 1950s, Mrs. Jackson may have been the only black female aeronautical engineer in the field. She served as a vital role in the development of the space program.
In the 1970s, she helped the youngsters in the science club at Hampton’s King Street Community center build their own wind tunnel and use it to conduct experiments. Mrs. Jackson was interviewed in a local newspaper and noted: “We have to do something like this to get them interested in science”. "Sometimes they are not aware of the number of black scientists, and don't even know of the career opportunities until it is too late."
Mrs. Jackson enjoyed a productive engineering career, authoring or co-authoring a dozen or so research reports, most focused on the behavior of the boundary layer of air around airplanes for approximately 20 years. As the years progressed, her promotions slowed, and she became frustrated at her inability to break into management-level grades.
In 1979, seeing that the glass ceiling was the rule rather than the exception for the center’s female professionals, Mrs. Jackson made a final, dramatic career change, leaving engineering and taking a demotion to fill Langley’s Federal Women’s open position as Program Manager. At Langley, Mrs. Jackson worked hard to impact the hiring and promotion of the next generation of all of NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s) female mathematicians, engineers and scientists.
A 1976 Langley Researcher profile captured Mrs. Jackson’s spirit and character, calling her a “gentle lady, wife and mother, humanitarian and scientist.” For Mary W. Jackson, science and service went hand in hand.
Mrs. Jackson passed away at the age of 83 on February 11, 2005, at the Riverside Convalescent Home in Hampton, Virginia.
On June 24th, 2020, NASA announced that its Washington, D.C. headquarters would be renamed after Mrs. Jackson ~ The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters.
Read more at: Mary W. Jackson [NASA]
Susan Smith McKinney Steward, MD
Dr. McKinney- Steward was born in Brooklyn, NY (in 1847). She graduated valedictorian from the New York Medical College for Women in 1870 and was the first African-American woman to ever earn a medical degree in New York state. Dr. McKinney-Steward was the third African American woman to earn a MD in the United States.
She practiced medicine in Brooklyn and Manhattan, specializing in prenatal care and childhood diseases. She founded The Women's Hospital and Dispensary in Brooklyn which later became The Memorial Hospital for Women and Children. Dr. McKinney-Steward was also licensed to practice medicine in Montana and Wyoming.
Dr. McKinney-Steward later joined Wilberforce University in Ohio as a resident physician and faculty member teaching health and nutrition. She was an accomplished public speaker and in 1911 addressed the first Universal Race Congress at the University of London, England, with a presentation “Colored Women in America.”
Dr. McKinney-Steward passed away at the age of 71 (on March 17, 1918) in Brooklyn, NY.
W.E.B. DuBois, notable African-American sociologist / historian and civil rights activist administered her eulogy. Dr. McKinney-Steward is laid to rest in the Green-Wood Cemetery in her native Brooklyn, NY.
Read more: New York Medical College
Black History is…
U.S. History…Black History is - female history. In celebration of Black History Month 2022, we will showcase distinguished women…black women that left indelible marks in our history.
Join us…and enjoy!
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Out of despair…hope and a brighter future:
Martin Luther King Jr. - stone image
Today we remember and honor the life and sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
While we still have much of his dream to realize, we reflect on how far we’ve come and determine to do our part for the betterment of all.
“Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles. Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it. Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.” - The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Learn more at: The King Center
