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A black and white photo of Mary Jackson standing in front of a bank of floor-to-ceiling computers in the 1960s. She has short curly hair and is wearing glasses and a white lab coat. Jackson appears to be pulling a wire from a panel on one of the computers.

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  1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Apr-2023 20:46:52 UTC Robert McNees Robert McNees

    Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born #OTD in 1921. She worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. Jackson then became the first Black woman to work as a NASA engineer.

    Bio: https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography
    Image: NASA

    In conversation Sunday, 09-Apr-2023 20:46:52 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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