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Celebrating the Life and Career of Katherine Johnson : Katherine Johnson passed away Feb. 24, 2020, after living a life filled with trail-blazing achievements. (via NASA)
Katherine Johnson is 100 years old!
26 August 2018
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“So yes, they let women do some things at NASA, Mr. Johnson. And it’s not because we wear skirts. It’s because we wear glasses.” - Hidden Figures (2016)
Stuff I watched in 2017 - Hidden Figures (dir. Theodore Melfi)
“Every time we get a chance to get ahead they move the finish line. Every time.”
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At first she worked in a pool of women performing math calculations. Katherine has referred to the women in the pool as virtual `computers who wore skirts.’ Their main job was to read the data from the black boxes of planes and carry out other precise mathematical tasks. Then one day, Katherine (and a colleague) were temporarily assigned to help the all-male flight research team. Katherine’s knowledge of analytic geometry helped make quick allies of male bosses and colleagues to the extent that,’they forgot to return her to the pool.’ While the racial and gender barriers were always there, she ignored them. She was assertive, asking to be included in editorial meetings (where no women had gone before.) She simply told people she had done the work and that she belonged.