Viết tiểu sử về Yvonne Young Clark bằng tiếng Anh Viết tiểu sử về Yvonne Young Clark

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Yvonne Young Clark was known as Y.Y. and she was “The First Lady of Engineering”.

She was born in Houston, Texas, the USA in 1929. She loved building and fixing things as a child. In 1945 she graduated from high school at age 16 and spent the next two years studying at Girls Latin School in Boston. From 1947 to 1951, she attended Howard University. She was the only woman in her class and also the first woman to earn a degree in mechanical engineering.

She struggled to find jobs because of her skin color and gender. In 1955, she got married. After that, Yvonne moved to Tennessee at the age of 25. She worked as an engineering professor at Tennessee State University for the next 55 years. Yvonne was the first female member of her department. She worked for NASA during her summer breaks. She contributed to the development of the engine of the rocket Saturn V and the box used to bring moon samples back.

She received many awards for her contributions. In 2019, she died at the age of 89. A scholarship in her name was established at Tennessee State University.