Hidden figures: Five black women that changed science forever

Image caption: Dr. May Edward Chinn (Bellevue Hospital Medical College graduation portrait, circa 1926. Courtesy of the “New York Times”), Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD. (Kent Dayton / Harvard Public Health Magazine) and Alice Ball (Wikimedia), among others, have been behind some of the most important scientific work of the last century. Article by Sarah Watts. Upworthy: Science – February 22, 2024.

If you look back on the last century of scientific achievements, you might notice that most of the scientists we celebrate are overwhelmingly white, while scientists of color take a backseat. Since the Nobel Prize was introduced in 1901, for example, no black scientists have landed this prestigious award. […]

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