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EXCLUSIVE: At a time when high streets up and down the country are suffering, this beautiful English town is bucking the ...
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Dorothy worked various jobs throughout her life, from picking cotton to driving a milk wagon. Her son, Charlie, describes her ...
Katherine Johnson, 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.
Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan began working for NACA in 1943, working her way up to head the West Area Computing unit, becoming NACA’s first African-American supervisor.
But Dorothy Hoover of Hope still remains somewhat of a hidden figure. Hoover, who died in 2000, wasn't honored with an individual medal at the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.
A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for ...
Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded the distinction along with other women for their contributions to developing the U.S. space program during the ...
Among them were three trailblazers being honored posthumously — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Wanda Jackson — whose work on the Apollo space program helped land the first humans on ...