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Mary Jackson (née Winston; April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Jun 3, 2019 · Mary Jackson (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an aerospace engineer and mathematician for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). She became NASA’s first Black female engineer and worked to improve hiring practices for women at the administration.
May 25, 2017 · Mary Winston Jackson (1921–2005) successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations. Mary Jackson was born in Hampton, Virginia, and attended the all-black George P. Phenix Training School where she graduated with honors.
Jun 25, 2020 · Mary Jackson made history as the first Black woman aerospace engineer at NASA in 1958. This was no small feat given that the space agency was still a segregated institute in the 1950s. Yet, despite her trailblazing work, Jackson went largely unacknowledged until the 2016 book Hidden Figures spawned an Oscar-nominated movie of the same name ...
Jan 24, 2017 · By Elizabeth Howell & SPACE.com. Mary Jackson was one of the "human computers" portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures." NASA. Space & Physics. In the 1960s, Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard, Gus ...
Feb 8, 2019 · Mary Jackson began her engineering career in an era in which female engineers of any background were a rarity. In 1951 when she was hired by NASA’s predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), she very well may have been the only black female aeronautical engineer in the field.
Mary Jackson, née Mary Winston, (born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 11, 2005, Hampton), 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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