Here is a brief biography of Mary Jackson written for NASA by "Hidden Figures" author Margot Shetterly.
Image: NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography
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
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