Dorothy Vaughan, Born September 20, 1910 in Kansas city. At age two her mother passed away, her father did remarry, her stepmother became a big force with her education she taught her how to read before she went to school. Dorothy was able to go up two grades at age eight. She graduated from Beechurst High school in 1925 at age nineteen, four years later she received a bachelor science degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio as a B,A. She became a math teacher got married and had six children, Leonard , Maida, Ann, Kenneth, Michael and Donald. Mrs.Vaughan set her sights to graduate at Howard University because she felt like she had responsibility for her family. Dorothy was hired by NASA December 1943 during World War 2. She was assigned …show more content…
She was born in white Sulphur Spring, West Virginia. Goble went to west virginia state college, she became immersed in the math program. Katherine loved to count, counted number of steps, steps into the church, forks, plates, and even bowls when she would wash dishes. Her father knew that his little girl would have a chance to meet her goal. She went to High school at ten years old, graduated at fourteen and started college at fifteen and took classes to be a mathematician. She graduated from college at eighteen. Katherine got married and had children, became a teacher after being a stay at home mom and went to college. She but went back to teach because her husband got sick. June 1953 Katherine was hired at NASA, she figured out paths for space craft to go around earth and land on the moon. For the math katherine was able to do, it helped send astronauts to the moon and back and still be safe. Even after NASA began using electronic computers, John Glenn requested that she personally recheck the calculations. Katherine continued working for NASA until 1986 combining her computer skills and her math skills. Without Mrs. Gobles amazing math skills astronauts would not be able to come back to earth, because they would burn and die because they would not have
She was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her parents names were Charlie and Dorothy jemison. Charlie was a roofer, carpenter, and maintenance supervisor. Dorothy was an elementary school teacher. Mae was the youngest of three children. Her oldest sibling Charles was a real estate agent and Ada, the middle sibling, was a child psychiatrist. All in all they were a very successful family.
Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956. She was born in Decatur Alabama. She was the youngest child of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green Jemison. Throughout her childhood, Mae Jemison was very interested in science. She attended Stanford and Cornell University. She graduated with degrees in chemical engineering, Afro-American studies, and a Doctor of Medicine degree. Mae Jemison
Pianist and singer, Sarah Lois Vaughan is an artist for the ages. She was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 27, 1924. (Giddens) Vaughan was a feisty performer and a profound artist. Because of this she would earn two nicknames in her career, “Sassy” due to her personality and “the Divine One” because of her wonderful art. (Gridley) Sarah Vaughan was a captivating virtuoso, performer, artist, and woman and the achievements of her life are testimonial to that claim.
-Born the second child of 8 children. She went to the Nine Partners School and became a teacher after graduation.
Clara Barton was born on December 21, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the youngest child. Her father was Stephen Barton, a farmer and state lawmaker who served in the American Revolutionary War (Clara Barton Biography, n.d.). During her teenage years, she was shy, but well spoken. At age thirteen, Clara Barton started teaching at local schools and in 1850, she left to work at Bordentown, New Jersey (Clara Barton Biography, n.d.). In Bordentown,
In my paper I’m going to write about Dorothy Draper. In my paper I will be talking about how Dorothy Draper contribution to the profession, and how she outlines the role that shaped the profession. You will learn about her childhood, and she got into the designing world. I’m going to tell you about the people she worked for as she was growing up, and the different designers who inspired her or she has worked with.
Dorothy Day was a women began a movement that lasted to this day. During the roaring 20’s she served as a reporter in the New York area where she eventually became pregnant due to her promiscuous life style. After her lover left her after her abortion, she left her life in New York City and went to live on Staten Island. It is their she met Forrester her future significant other. They had a marvelous time, maybe a little to much and Dorothy became pregnant once again. During her time on the island, she became involved with a local church where she began to feel a call. Eventually she moved to the city again to pursue a job, and a place to live. She meets a man named Peter Maurin who changes her life. She begins to have a calling to helping others. She then forms the Catholic Worker new paper where she brings to light social issues. She eventually starts a soup kitchen, and a place for people to stay. Even though she may have died in 1981, her legacy will live on for ever and serve as an inspiration for all
Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson who worked at the NASA research center in Hampton, Virginia. At a young age, Katherine was advanced in the subject of math leading her to skip several grades. Fast forwarding to 1961, Katherine, Dorothy, and Mary are working at the colored computer center in NASA. At this time, Russia and the U.S. were in a race to see who could send a man to and from space. As a result, Katherine was promoted to assist her supervisor, Al Harrison, in mathematics solving for their upcoming launches attempts as no one else could succeed in it.
Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn in November 8th, 1897. Her entire family all took the writing field besides one of her three children. Day describes her young childhood at home as not very loving, especially coming from her father. Anytime she was standing in the presence of her father while she was at home, she remarks, “There was never a close embrace.” (Forest 4). However, it seemed that Day’s mother shared great affection and love for her children unlike her husband. Forest explains, “John, referring to Day’s father, seems to have found it easier to be with horses than with children.” In many books that discuss the life of Dorthy Day, Day’s father seemed to quote at times sayings from the Bible because he seemed to carry the book around
Dorothy Day is a strong woman who knows what she wants to accomplish. Her beliefs changed throughout her life but she ended up converting to Catholicism. Dorothy Day was actively involved with worldly issues and problems. To help get attention to these issues Dorothy created the Catholic Worker movement. On August 6, 1976 she was asked to speak at the World Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia (Ellsberg). Her speach was addressing the Feast of Transfiguration and the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Evidently the Congress scheduled a mass for appreciating the armed forces, how ironic. This threefold event called for a protest. It is said that Dorothy did not like public speaking because it gave her anxiety, this caused her a great amount of stress (Ellsberg). She began her speech by her story of the Catholic Worker and her conversion. She started giving service to the poor and then decided to convert after. She continued to say that the Church taught her the necessity of Penance. She concluded by giving attention to
Dorothy was born in Philadelphia in 1919 to Edna Brown. Edna was a single, unmarried
Jemison was born in Alabama, when she was three her family moved to Chicago, Illinois for better educational opportunities. A year later after being accepted into the training program, Jemison became astronaut and was titled science mission specialist. Her job was to be responsible for the conducting the scientific experiments crew on the space shuttle. She spent about 190 hours in space after returning September 20 to Earth. Jenson was put into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, as well awarded Gamma Sigma Gamma Women of the Year in 1990. The “Notable Women Scientists” writes, “After leaving the astronaut corps in March of 1993, Jemison accepted a teaching fellowship at Dartmouth and established the Jemison Group, a company that researched, developed, and marketed advanced technologies” (1). By stating this, it proves that Jemison is another African American making a difference out in the world. Thanks to her we have better technology to help astronauts out in space, and better equipment for them as
What is the legacy of Dorothy Hodgkin, both on the study of structure on an atomic scale and for women in science?
Mary Jackson was born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A. She was a math genius and an aerospace engineer. most importantly she was the first African American female engineer to work and be the first flight engineers for NASA.
Dorothy E. Smith was born in North England in 1926. Dorothy E. Smith has lived a long life and commonly refers to it as “a long time ago and another world”. According to Smith, she has grown from the young woman to now due to several experiences. Smith has been employed in many different capacities such as a secretary and a clerk. In her Mid-twenties, she worked at a book publishing company. Smith attempted to make a career in the publishing field, but soon realized women were not welcomed or respected.