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Learn about Mary Jackson, the first Black woman engineer at Langley, who overcame segregation and discrimination to pursue her passion for math and science. Find out how she inspired her community and contributed to the space program in this character analysis.
Learn about Mary Jackson, the first black female engineer at the NACA, who overcame discrimination and segregation to pursue her passion for science. Read her quotes, achievements, and challenges in the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly.
- Who Was Mary Jackson?
- Early Years
- Taking Her Talents to Work
- Working Through Segregation
- NASA's First Black Female Engineer
- Giving Back by Helping Others
- Death and 'Hidden Figures' Legacy
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Mathematician Mary Winston Jackson excelled academically in a time of racial segregation. Her math and science skills earned her a position as a "human computer" for NACA, and she later became NASA's first Black female engineer. Along with serving a vital role in the development of the space program, she helped other women and minorities advance th...
Mary Winston Jackson was born on April 9, 1921, in Hampton, Virginia, the daughter of Ella and Frank Winston. She attended Hampton’s all-Black schools and graduated with high honors from George P. Phenix Training School in 1937. Five years later, she earned dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physical science from Hampton Institute.
After college, Jackson took on a series of jobs, including teacher, bookkeeper and receptionist. Then in 1951, she found employment at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, the predecessor agency to NASA) in Langley, Virginia. She worked at the West Computers section as a research mathematician—known at the time as a "human compute...
Though President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 8802 prohibited discrimination in the defense industry, Virginia state law still enforced segregation in the workplace. All work facilities had separate restrooms and cafeterias designated “white” or “colored.” In the company cafeteria, whites could select their food choices and sit in a lunc...
After several months of “separate and unequal” accommodations, Jackson had had enough. She considered resigning, but a chance encounter with a supervisor changed her mind. After hearing her complaints, he invited her to work for him and she accepted. He quickly saw her potential and encouraged her to take engineering classes. In time, she was promo...
By 1978, Jackson changed positions to be a human resources administrator. She served as both the Federal Women’s Program Manager in the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and as the Affirmative Action Program Manager. From then until her retirement in 1985, she helped other women and minorities advance their careers, advising them to study and ta...
During her career, Jackson served on many organizations’ boards and committees, including the Girl Scouts of America, and was honored by numerous charitable organizations for her leadership and service. She died at age 83 on February 11, 2005, at Riverside Convalescent Home in Hampton, Virginia. In 2016, the story of Jackson and her NASA colleagues...
Learn about the life and achievements of Mary Jackson, a mathematician and aeronautical engineer who worked at NASA during the Space Age. She broke racial barriers, helped other women and minorities, and inspired the film Hidden Figures.
She is one of the three protagonists in Hidden Figures, the film adaptation released the same year. In 2019, Jackson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. In 2021, the Washington, D.C. headquarters of NASA was renamed the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters.
In dem biografischen Spielfilm Hidden Figures – Unerkannte Heldinnen, der auf Margot Lee Shetterlys gleichnamigem Buch basiert, ist Mary Jackson eine der Hauptfiguren. Sie wird von Janelle Monáe gespielt.
Der Roman "Hidden Figures" ist eine wahre Geschichte. Es handelt sich um ein historisches Sachbuch, das die Leben und Karrieren von drei afroamerikanischen Frauen beleuchtet: Katherine Johnson. Dorothy Vaughan. Mary Jackson. Die drei Frauen arbeiteten in den 1950er und 1960er-Jahren als Mathematikerinnen und Ingenieurinnen bei der NASA.
27. Juni 2023 · Learn about Mary W. Jackson, the first black female engineer at NASA, who overcame segregation and gender bias to pursue her passion for science and engineering. Find out how she inspired the character of Janelle Monáe in the movie Hidden Figures.
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