personal life
Dorothy Vaughan had this many kids.
What are 6 kids?
In 1943, at age 39, Dorothy Vaughan began her career at NACA in this role, performing complex calculations by hand.
What is a “computer”?
She retired this year.
When was 1971?
Began her career this year.
When was 1935?
Dorothy Vaughan was the first Black female manager at...
What is NASA?
Dorothy Vaughan started her NACA journey in this Virginia city, where Jim Crow laws still enforced segregated facilities.
What is Hampton, Virginia?
After the West Area Computing Unit was dissolved in 1958, Dorothy Vaughan joined this newly integrated division at NASA
What is the Analysis and Computation Division?
Dorothy Vaughan was the first woman to occupy this occupation.
What is a Computing Pool?
In 2019, Vaughan was awarded...
What Is The Congressional Gold Medal
When Vaughan entered the workforce, only about this percentage of American workers were women, most in low‑paying jobs.
What is 34 percent?
Though she sought another supervisory role before retiring, Dorothy Vaughan never received one at this NASA center where she spent her entire career.
What is Langley?
Dorothy is one of the main characters in this movie...
What is Hidden Figures?
Two executive orders — 8802 and 9346 — helped open the door for Black women like Vaughan to join NASA during this global conflict.
What is World War II?
She died this year.
When was 2008?
This University has a scholarship in honor of Dorothy Vaughan.
What is North Central University?
Before becoming a trailblazing manager, Vaughan worked in this segregated unit of Black female mathematicians at NASA
What is West Computing?
She was one first female programmers for this programming language.
What is FORTRAN?