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Dorothy Vaughan (1910 – 2008)

NASA Career: December 1943-1971

Note: In 1949, she became the first African American woman to be promoted as head of personnel at the Langley Research Center. [Wikipedia]


– – – Books – – –

Lee Shetterly, Margot. 2016. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black
Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. New York, NY: William Morrow.

Belman, Felice, and Mike Pride. 2001. The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of
One Hundred People Who Shaped It. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England.


– – – Websites – – –

“Dorothy Vaughan – Computers Help Compile Handbook,” Langley Air Scoop Newsletter, Aug. 17, 1951

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan Biography – bio.com

Shetterly, Margot Lee. “Dorothy Vaughan Biography,” NASA

Obenson, Tambay A. “Film Based on Story of Black Women Mathematicians Who Worked for
NASA During the Space Race, in the Works,” IndieWire, July 9, 2015.

Dorothy Vaughan – Wikipedia


– – – Videos – – –

When Computers Were Human [Min: 1:15:31]

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