Thewords"firstblackwoman"havebeenusedtodescribeShirleyAnnJacksonfor.solongthathernameseemsincompletewithoutthem.ShewasthefirstblackwomantoearnaPh.D.fromMIT,thefirstblackw...
The words "first black woman" have beenused to describe Shirley Ann Jackson for .so long that her name seems incompletewithout them. She was the first black
woman to earn a Ph.D. from MIT, the firstblack woman in the country to earn aphysics doctorate, and she was both thefirst African American and the firstwoman to [chair] (1) the U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission.
Growing up in the late 1950s and early1960s, when the race for space was in full(force] (2), a young Jackson came to seethe world around her as "full of [secrets](3) ". For years, she collected bees and
kept them under her family's back porch,making (painstaking] (4) records of theirbehaviors as she adjusted arivables likeheat, light, and diet. "It was like reading agreat mystery novel," she recalls.
Her parents encouraged her to pursue
her passions, and her siblings, two sistersand a brother, all (recognized] (5) hernatural talents for leadership. But it wasthe assistant principal at WashingtonD.C.'s Roosevelt High school who
[steered] (6) her toward MIT. Today, evenat such lofty posts as heading the NRC,Jackson says she is fessentially] (7) doingthe same thing she did way back with thebees: studying interactions in the
environment around her, making keen[observations] (8), and taking
constructive action based on what shelearned.
Jackson strongly believes that [women](9) must be "true friends"
to one another and assist and encourageone another in their efforts.
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