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'Hidden Figures' Mathematician Katherine Johnson Defined Her Century and Left a Legacy for Ours
Johnson, the inspiration for the film 'Hidden Figures,' graduated university at 18 and calculated orbital flight trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs. She died on Monday at age 101.
The ‘Hidden Figures’ of NASA’s Early Years and the Woman Who Told Their Story
Motherboard talks to author Margot Lee Shetterly about the legacy of pioneering black women mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race.
Watch Taraji P. Henson Play a NASA Mathematician in 'Hidden Figures'
"Yes they do let women do some things at NASA. And it's not because we wear skirts."
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