mary jackson (b. 1921) grew up in virginia and graduated college … · 2017-01-24 · mary jackson...
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Mary
Jack
son
chan
dra.
si.e
du/w
omen
ww
w.n
asa.
gov
Nat
iona
l Aer
onau
tics
and
Spac
e Ad
min
istra
tion
Mar
y Ja
ckso
n (b
. 192
1) gr
ew u
p in
Virg
inia
and
gra
duat
ed
colle
ge w
ith a
Bac
helo
r’s d
egre
e in
mat
h an
d ph
ysic
s. A
fter
spen
ding
par
t of h
er e
arly
car
eer a
s a
teac
her,
she
chan
ged
path
s to
bec
ome
a “c
ompu
ter”
(or m
athe
mat
icia
n) fo
r the
N
atio
nal A
dvis
ory
Com
mitt
ee fo
r Aer
onau
tics
(NAC
A),
whi
ch la
ter m
orph
ed in
to th
e N
atio
nal A
eron
autic
s an
d Sp
ace
Adm
inis
trat
ion
(NA
SA).
Jac
kson
wor
ked
on d
ata
from
w
ind
tunn
el e
xper
imen
ts a
s w
ell a
s da
ta fr
om a
ircra
ft an
d ae
rona
utic
s ex
perim
ents
.
illust
ratio
n: K
ristin
DiV
ona