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  1. Shirley Ann Jackson (born August 5, 1946, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an American scientist and educator and the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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  2. Dec 19, 2017 · Shirley Ann Jackson ’68, PhD ’73, worked to help bring about more diversity at MIT, where she was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate.

  3. Aug 31, 2021 · Shirley Ann Jackson has broken many barriers for Black women physicists; as the first Black woman to earn a PhD from MIT and the second Black woman in the United States to earn a PhD in physics, she is a trailblazer. From her research on elementary particle physics and condensed matter, to her current position as president of Rensselaer ...

  4. Sep 22, 2006 · Shirley Ann Jackson. Biography. Digital Archive. Renowned physicist and university president Shirley Ann Jackson was born on August 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C., to George Hiter Jackson and Beatrice Cosby Jackson.

    • She was a California girl. Jackson is often associated with New England writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, her American Gothic predecessor. She lived in North Bennington, Vermont, for most of her adult life—in fact, some people believe it’s the setting for “The Lottery.”
    • Her family believed in Christian Science. Jackson’s maternal grandmother, who lived with the Jacksons while she was growing up, was a Christian Science faith healer.
    • She flunked out of college. The writer responsible for one of the defining stories of her era was kicked out of the University of Rochester after her sophomore year.
    • Her parents didn’t attend her wedding. Neither did Hyman’s. Though he declared himself a “militant atheist” as a teenager, he was brought up in a traditional Jewish household, and his parents didn’t approve of him marrying outside the faith.
  5. Oct 18, 2024 · Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and was the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, and the first African American woman to ...

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  7. This fact file is all about Shirley Ann Jackson, an American scientist. She is the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After graduating, Shirley worked for several important laboratories, companies and universities.