Former astronaut stresses importance of STEM fields for women

By Carrie E. David (SMDC/ARSTRAT)March 12, 2013

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2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Frenchshella Hall, chaplain assistant, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, provides the invocation at the beginning of the command's Women's History Month celebration at SMDC's Redstone Arsenal he... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Juanita Sales-Lee, supervisory attorney, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, raises her hand in response to a trivia question during the command's Women's History Month celebration at SMDC's Redstone Arsenal hea... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Former astronaut Jan Davis, vice president and deputy general manager of Jacobs Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation Group, speaks to U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command employees during the c... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - A former astronaut stressed the importance of encouraging girls and young women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields to a gathering of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command employees.

Dr. Jan Davis, vice president and deputy general manager of Jacobs Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation Group, spoke at SMDC as part of the command's Women's History Month celebration March 12.

The theme for Women's History Month this year is "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics."

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Women's History Month Flickr photo set

Dr. Jan Davis NASA bio