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Women Computers at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
With the attention Hidden Figures has received in the media of late, the story of African American women computers working for NASA during the Moon race is finally starting to be told. While the film takes many liberties with the … Continue reading
Posted in aeronautics, aviation, History, Politics, World War II
Tagged african american struggle, African Americans, computers. women computers, Dorothy Hoover, Dorothy Vaughan, Helen Willey, hidden figures, History, Jim Crow, Kathaleen Land, Kathryn Peddrew, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Lessie Hunter, Margot Lee Shetterly, Miriam Mann, Moon race, NACA, NASA, Rowena Becker, Vera Huckel, Virginia Tucker, World War II
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