Shirley Jackson Major Accomplishments

Shirley Ann Jackson is an African American physicist; she was born on August 5, 1946 in Washington, D.C. Growing up it was evident that Jackson showed an interest in science and physics, as her high school career went along she showed that she was a very hardworking and talented young woman. In 1964, Jackson graduated from her high school as valedictorian. Throughout her life Shirley Ann Jackson has made many achievements and she has accomplished a lot in her lifetime. After graduating from high school Jackson went on to further her education at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology in 1964. Around this time period many black students weren't attending predominantly white schools, so Jackson was one of only a few black students to attend

Shirley Ann Jackson was elected president and chairman of the board of the American Association for the advancement of science; as well as being elected as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic institute in New York. Jackson was also elected to the National Academy of engineering and on top of all of that she was also the first woman to chair the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission. Jackson wasn't only for physics, she believed in helping others. After receiving her doctorate around the same time that Martin Luther King Jr died. Jackson felt the need to do something about the lack of African American students attending M.I.T. She worked to create what was eventually known as the black student union. She searched for minority students that wanted to get an education at M.I.T. She found a group of students that were eager to attend the college; Jackson did this to add some diversity to the campus. In addition to that she went on to help create and teach project interphase, which was created to academically help new coming students to M.IT. To add along to her list of many achievements, Jackson was nominated into the National Women in technology institution foundation; as well as the National Women's hall of fame. These were among the many extensive accomplishment/ awards that Jackson received due to her hard work and knowledge and skills on physics. In 2009, Jackson was

Jackson wanting to broaden the diversity in her schools campus was important to life because it can be used as a reason that we are able to attend schools with many different aces and cultures. I feel that Jackson paved a way for schooling as well as being a successful lack woman.She was all about education and being that she was the first black woman to receive a PhD from M.I.T made a huge impact on young people. They can see all of her accomplishments which can inspire them to be on the right track and get a good education. Another contribution that we wouldn't have without Jackson would be caller id ad call waiting; although she was not the inventor of the two she is considered the developer because she researched and discovered the topic, There are many other inventions that we couldn't have if Jackson would've never did the research and conducted experiments on the topics. Her contributions affect me because it lets me know that i can be whatever i aspire to be when i grow up, they also affect me because some of the things we use in everyday life was researched by Jackson. If i was given the chance to meet Ms. Jackson i would definitely be on board because she