Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mary Jackson
- 1921 born in Hampton, VA
- Mostly focused on the behavior of the boundary layer
of air around airplanes in research papers
- Youth & Studies
- Graduated George P. Phenix Training School with highest honors
- 1942 B.S. in mathematics and physical science from Hampton institute
- Accepted a job as a math teacher in Calvert county Maryland after graduation
- 1943 After one year of teaching she returned to
Hampton to work as a receptionist at King Street
USO Club
- Following the receptionist job, she worked as a bookkeeper, stayed at home with her son
after his birth, and as an Army Secretary at Fort Monroe
- Teacher & Researcher
- 1951 Worked at Langley for NACA (later known as NASA) in
the computing section
- The groups supervisor was
Dorothy Vaughan
- 1958 became NASA’a first Black female engineer
- Same year- coauthored her first report,
effects of Nose Angle and arch Number
on Transition on Cones at Supersonic
Speeds
- 1979 transferred to Langley’s federal women’s program manager
- She took wanted demotion because she
was unable to earn any more
promotions without becoming a
supervisor
- 1985 retired from NASA
- Later Years
- Died in 2005
- Helped young Langley recruits get on their feet when they
needed a place to stay
- Other Notable Achievemnts
- an Apollo group achievement award
- 1976 Langley’s volunteer of the year
- Served as the chair of the center’s annual united way campaigns
- Girl scout troop leader for 30+ years
- A member of the national technical association