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Shirley Ann Jackson

Theoretical physicist, first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT, first woman and first African American to chair the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Scientist. Theoretical physicist, first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT, first woman and first African American to chair the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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    Theoretical physicist, first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT, first woman and first African American to chair the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.