Early Life
As a young child, Katherine Johnson was always asking questions. It didn't stop when she got older. I guess that's why they called her THIS.
Inquisitive
Katherine Johnson started high school at THIS AGE due to her unsurpassed maturity, curiosity, and talent.
10 Years of age.
In 1953, years after Roosevelt made it possible for African-Americans to hold Federal jobs, Johnson joined NASA in THIS POSITION. Yes, it was actually her job title.
Computer
In the Early 1900's, women were generally restricted to THESE CAREERS.
Teaching and Nursing
Johnson worked for NASA up until THIS YEAR.
1986
DOUBLE YOUR SCORE: It's the major conflict that just ended when Katherine Johnson was born.
World War I
Katherine Johnson never went to Kindergarten. She actually started in THIS GRADE at the age of 5.
Second Grade.
Although she achieved a degree in Mathematics, she was curious about the world and also studied and achieved a degree in THIS.
French.
Katherine Johnson DID THIS at NASA after learning there was no law preventing her from doing so.
Attended Engineer's Meetings
NASA means National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but they were once called NACA, which MEANS THIS...
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
Although her work on the Apollo missions were hidden away, she still earned three of these awards from NASA.
NASA Special Achievement Award
Katherine Johnson's accomplishments were documented in this major Motion Picture.
Hidden Figures
Katherine Johnson was so smart, she started college at THIS AGE.
15 years old.
This was the mentor at West Virginia State University that created a "geometry of space" class because of and for Katherine Johnson.
Professor W.W. Schiefflin Claytor
After Alan Shepard's May 1961 flight into space put the first American into space, Katherine Johnson was able to reverse engineer the results using THESE CURVES, which eventually allowed Americans to achieve orbit around Earth.
Parabola
In 1935, NACA began hiring white women to measure, calculate, and plot results of flight tests by hand. They held THIS JOB TITLE.
Computer
Johnson received THIS TITLE in 1997.
1997 Mathematician of the Year
DOUBLE YOUR SCORE: Katherine Johnson described herself, saying she always DID THIS activity as a child.
Counted Everything
Katherine Johnson's family moved away from her hometown at the age of 10. They moved 125 miles away because the laws for African American people at the time stated they couldn't do THIS.
Go to High School.
Johnson was not able to pursue a career with her Mathematics degree because she was a woman. She settled for this career instead.
Teaching
In 1962, John Glenn made THIS SPECIAL REQUEST after being told the machines had completed calculations on his path.
He wanted Katherine Johnson herself to double check the results.
Women were better able to enter the workforce after men were enlisted to serve in THIS MAJOR CONFLICT.
World War II
In 2015, President Obama awarded Katherine Johnson the nation's highest honor given to a civilian. It was called THIS.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom
It's the name of Katherine Johnson's hometown.
White Sulphur Springs
These are the college degrees Katherine Johnson received at West Virginia State University.
Mathematics and French
Her mentor created THIS COURSE for her at West Virginia State University.
Geometry of Space
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were the words uttered by Neil Armstrong on THIS MISSION. If not for Katherine Johnson's work, the moment would not have been possible.
Apollo 11 / Moon Landing
It was the Executive Order made by President Roosevelt that eliminated discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin for government and defense workers. It opened the door for Johnson to join NASA.
Executive Order 8802
Johnson has encouraged students to join STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), but said some things will DO THIS. Yet, there will always, always be science.
Drop out of the public eye
This President signed this act in 1958, which created this Administration.
NASA