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3 days ago · The late Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who first introduced the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act in February 2019, thanked her colleagues on Oct. 17, 2019, after the bill was passed ...
2 days ago · Mary Jackson (born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 11, 2005, Hampton) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer who in 1958 became the first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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- In 1958 Mary Jackson became the first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Mary Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer. In 1951 she joined the West Computers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,...
- Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born on April 9, 1921, in Hampton, Virginia.
1 day ago · A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for their contributions to space exploration. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and ...
2 days ago · Photo: Bob Nye/NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images) The group of Black female mathematicians whose work for NASA in the 1960s inspired the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan were recognized posthumously ...
3 days ago · Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, daughters of Katherine Johnson, accept the "Hidden Figures'" Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) By Jim ...
2 days ago · House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, presents a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously honoring NASA mathematician Mary Jackson to her granddaughters KaShawnta Lee, left, and Wanda Jackson, joined at right by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., at a celebration of the Black women of NASA who contributed to the space race and who ...
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3 days ago · NASA "Hidden Figures" — Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden — were each awarded Congressional Gold Medals for their service to the space program at the U.S ...
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