Chapter 1 88 88 88 Mae Jemison grew up in Chicago Illinois r PUS AND STAR TREK ae Jemison loved everything about science and it all started with pus When she was a little girl in Chicago she got a splinter in her thumb It got infected Pus oozed out of the wound She thought it was one of the neatest
est things ever Mae s mother told her to go look it up and learn more about it Mae read about pus and got even more excited She decided to become a scientist when she grew up Mae's parents believed that a good education was very important They thought it was great that Mae liked science They took her to the library and let her check out as many science books as she wanted STAR DREAMS FROM STAR TREK show was Star Trek One of the crew members on that show When Mae was in elementary school her favorite television Lieutenant Uhura was a black woman Lieutenant Uhura was On Star Trek Lieutenant Uhura second from right was communications officer for the starship Enterprise 3 5
