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      • For a few summers starting at the age of 10, Jackson conducted experiments on bees and wasps. She took advanced math and science classes during high school and graduated as valedictorian, or top student, of her class. In 1964 Jackson enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she studied physics.
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  2. Oct 1, 2024 · Early life. Jackson was born December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California, to Leslie Jackson and his wife Geraldine (née Bugby). Jackson was raised in Burlingame, California, an affluent suburb of San Francisco, where her family resided in a two-story brick home located at 1609 Forest View Road.

  3. Jackson is best known for her story “The Lottery.” Shirley Hardie Jackson was born on December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 and married the U.S. literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Jackson helped develop technologies that made communication faster and easier and was an advocate for minority representation in academia, particularly in STEM disciplines. Jackson was a curious child, and her parents encouraged her by helping her build projects and design experiments.

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  6. Shirley Ann Jackson is an American scientist and educator. She helped develop technologies that made communication faster and easier. Many of Jackson’s achievements paved the way for African American women who came after her.

  7. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California, U.S. to Leslie Jackson and Geraldine Jackson on 14 December 1916. Her family belonged to the middle class and she had a comfortable childhood. No information about the occupation of her parents is known.

  8. How can I teach children about important female scientists? 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).

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