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Katherine Johnson

By Glamorous Unicorns

  • Born

    Born
    Katherine Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
    Mercy

  • Grade School

    Grade School
    Katherine skipped though grades to graduate from high school at 14.
    School

  • Early Career

    Early Career
    Katherine Johnson was a teacher from the age of 20 to 33.
    Teaching

  • NASA

    NASA
    Katherine was told about a job opening for an African-American women in the computer department.
    NASA

  • Promotion

    Promotion
    Katherine was so good at math that she got a promotion to go work at the Langley Research Center’s Guidance and Navigation Department with all males.Langley Research Center

  • Up to Space

    Up to Space
    A little later in Katherine's career, NASA decided to shoot John Glenn into space and have him orbit the world three times. Up to Space

  • Race to Space

    Race to Space
    When Katherine Johnson was promoted she and her team were competing in the Rase to Space.Race to Space

  • Award

    Award
    Katherine Johnson got the Presidential Metal [Presidential Metal](Medalhttps://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/349666)

  • Hidden Figures

    Hidden Figures
    Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into [Hidden Figures](orbit.https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/hidden-figures-is-a-subtle-and-powerful-work-of-counter-history)

  • Hidden Figures Honor Katherine

    Hidden Figures Honor Katherine
    NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is honored onstage with actors Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer - the stars of "Hidden Figures," which focuses on Johnson's work with NASA's Mercury program - during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle is seen standing behind Johnson

  • She Lives On

    She Lives On
    Katherine Johnson has had a very important life and has inspired many people and is continuing to inspire many lives.