Mary W Jackson
NASA
Hidden Figures
Background
100

Mary Jackson was...

Who was NASA's first African American Aeronautical Engineer?
100

This is what NASA stands for.

What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

100

The 3 main women featured in the movie Hidden Figures were...

Who were Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn?

100

Mary was born in this city of Virginia on April 9, 1921.

What is Hampton?

200

The main 2 obstacles that Mary had to conquer to work and while she was working at NASA were...

What are sexism and racism?

200
One of NASA's national research facilities is JPL, which stands for...

What is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

200

This woman plays Mary Jackson in the movie Hidden Figures.

Who is Janelle Monae?

200

Mary Jackson held a dual degree in these 2 subjects.

What is mathematics and physical sciences?

300

This was a final dramatic decision for Mary and her career.

What is leaving engineering to take a demotion to fill an empty position. 

300

This U.S. president in 1958, established NASA.

Who is President Dwight Eisenhower.
300

This scene from the movie is the most famous and marks a change in the segregated work place.

The bathroom scene where Al desegregates the bathrooms so that Katherine can do her work.

300

Name 2 of the 4 jobs that Mary had before she went to NASA.

What is a math teacher, bookkeeper, receptionist, and an Army secretary?
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