Girls of Promise: Teams & Their Heroines
Girls of Promise participants (girls and their chaperones) are placed on teams built around women in history who have achieved greatness in ESTEM fields.
We use this method to foster team building and leadership skills as well as expose girls to even more career possibilities. Click on the thumbnails to learn more about each of WFA's Girls of Promise Team Heroines.
Photo (right) by Darinda Sharp
Check out facebook.com/GirlsofPromise for more pictures!
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Dr. Dorothy Hansine Andersen
Job: Pediatric medicine
Education: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rachel Louise Carson
Job: Writer & Ecologist
Education: Pennsylvania College for Women; Johns Hopkins University
Bessie Coleman
Job: Aviator
Education: Pilot’s license from Federation Aeronautique International in 1921
Marie Curie
Job: Director of the Curie Laboratory
Education: Doctor of Science Degree in 1903
Amelia Earhart
Job: Aviator, Author & Women’s Fashion Designer
Education: Red Cross First Aid, Pre-medicine, Aviation
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
Job: Oceanographer, Conservationist, Entrepreneur
Education: Ph.D. from Florida State University and Duke University
Shirley Ann Jackson
Job: Theoretical Physicist
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Mae Jemison
Job: Chemical Engineer, Scientist, Physician, Teacher, Astronaut
Education: Doctorate of Medicine from Cornell Medical in 1981
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Job: Psychiatrist, Professor, Author
Education: M.D. from University of Zurich in 1957
Danica McKellar
Job: Actress, Author, and Math Genius
Education: Summa cum laude graduate, B.S. in Mathematics from UCLA
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Job: Author, Public Health Activist, Tribal Leader & Teacher
Education: B.S. in Public Health from the University of Arizona in 1959
Sheila Widnall
Job: Master Pilot, Astrophysicist, Educator, former Secretary of the United States Air Force
Education: Sc. D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964
