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  1. Sep 18, 2024 · Mary Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer. In 1951 she joined the West Computers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and in 1958 she became the first black female engineer at NASA.

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  2. Mary Jackson (née Winston; [1] 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).

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    In 1951, Jackson became a clerk at the Office of the Chief Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe. From there she was recruited by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She started as a research mathematician, or "human computer," at the Langley Res...

    The 2016 film Hidden Figures recounts the NASA careers of Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan, specifically their work on Project Mercury during the Space Race. The film is based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, a history of the African-American women who contributed so significantly to the work of NASA. Jackson is ...

    Apollo Group Achievement Award, 1969
    Daniels Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to Disadvantaged Youth
    National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Community
    Distinguished Service Award for her work with the Combined Federal Campaign representing Humanitarian Agencies, 1972
    Czarnecki, K.R., and Mary W. Jackson. Effects of Nose Angle and Mach Number on Transition on Cones at Supersonic Speeds (NACA TN 4388) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, September 1958. R...
    Jackson, Mary W., and K.R. Czarnecki. Investigation by Schlieren Technique of Methods of Fixing Fully Turbulent Flow on Models at Supersonic Speeds National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ap...
    Czarnecki, K.R., and Mary W. Jackson. Effects of Cone Angle, Mach Number, and Nose Blunting on Transition at Supersonic Speeds (NASA TN D-634) NASA Langley Research Center, January 1961. Retrieved...
    Jackson, Mary W., and K.R. Czarnecki. Boundary-Layer Transition on a Group of Blunt Nose Shapes at a Mach Number of 2.20 (NASA TN D-932) NASA Langley Research Center, July 1961. Retrieved July 3, 2...
    Golemba, Beverly. Human Computers: The Women in Aeronautical Research,unpublished manuscript 1994, NASA Langley Archives. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
    Narins, Brigham. Notable Scientists: From 1900 to the Present. Gale Group, 2001. ISBN 9780787617547
    Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. William Morrow Paperbacks, 2016. ISBN 978-0062363602
    Warren, Wini. Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0253336033

    All links retrieved November 7, 2022. 1. Human Computers at NASA 2. Mary Winston Jacksonat Find A Grave

  3. Dec 6, 2016 · Who Was Mary Jackson? Mathematician Mary Winston Jackson excelled academically in a time of racial segregation.

  4. www.nasa.gov › people › mary-w-jackson-biographyMary W. Jackson - NASA

    Jun 28, 2024 · Mary W. Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958 and a leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations.

  5. Jun 3, 2019 · Breaking barriers of race and gender, Mary Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer and contributed to major developments in aeronautics.

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  7. Jun 25, 2020 · As the first Black woman aerospace engineer at NASA, Mary Jackson contributed more than just her work. IN 1979, Jackson decided it was time for a change and joined Langley Federal Women’s Program which was part of the agency’s efforts to hire more women.

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