Dorothy Vaughan was a trailblazing mathematician and computer programmer who significantly contributed to the U.S. space program. As NACA’s (later NASA) first African American manager ...
Dorothy I. Johnson, 82, of Chillicothe passed 10:19 p.m. Monday, November 18, 2024 at her residence. She was born November 6, 1942 in Lancaster to Glen and Evelyn Baker Tatman. On December 3 ...
Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) —brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest ...
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden, who also faced racism and sexism in their work, received Congressional Gold Medals last month for their contributions. Darden, who is the only ...