Hidden Figures is just the start – here’s how to inspire more black scientists? | Bernadine Idowu-Onibokun
by Bernadine Idowu-Onibokun from on (#2DSKM)
Whether it's through mentoring students as I do, or working in schools, we need active role models to encourage young black scientists to stay in education
Most black women were probably not aware that Katherine G Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan ever existed. I certainly wasn't until earlier this year, when the founder of the Black British Academics network sent me a link to these amazing black women in science. Now that their story has been told in an Oscar-nominated film, could Hidden Figures encourage more black women to pursue a career in science?
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