Mae Jemison got famous by becoming the first African American woman to travel in space (NASA)
well mae jemison really did go to college and did get her batchlors degree but most importantly she changed it several times, because she didn't really know what she wanted atb that time so there it is8)
Mae Jemison became a teacher at Dartmouth school when she retired.
She is still alive and working. She was the speaker at my PhD graduation.
She never was in a movie. She is a scientist and was on the shuttle crew as the first African American woman in space.
she is important to learn about because she was the first African American female to reach the moon and came back alive.