Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the U.S. space program while working at the Langley Research Center. Dorothy was the first African American…
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#MedMonday with Dr. Jane C. Wright
👩🏾⚕️ Dr. Jane C. Wright was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon remembered for her contributions to chemotherapy. Jane created a technique that uses human tissue culture rather than lab…
#MathMonday with Christine Darden
🔬 Christine Darden is an aerospace engineer and mathematician who started out as a high school mathematics instructor before going on to become a data analyst for NASA – National…
#MathMonday honoring Annie Easley (1933-2011)
🔬 Annie Easley worked as a computer for NACA until it was abolished in 1958, becoming NASA, where Easley would develop the software for the Centaur Rocket along with many…
#MathMonday with Dr. Fern Hunt
Dr. Fern Hunt is a mathematician. Fern’s mother, who was not able to complete her education because of the costs, encouraged Fern to attend college. Fern attended Bryn Mawr College,…
#MathMonday with Melba Roy Mouton
Melba Roy Mouton was the Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the ’60s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called “computers”. Melba graduated…
#MathMondays with Thyrsa Frazier Svager
Thyrsa Frazier Svager earned her Bachelors in Mathematics from Antioch College before getting her Masters and PhD in Mathematics from Ohio State University. Thyrsa was one of the very first…
#MathMondays with Etta Zuber Falconer
Etta Zuber Falconer graduated from Fisk University with a major in mathematics and a minor in chemistry before getting her Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin and…
#MathMonday with Katherine Johnson (or the Barbie version of her!)
🔬Katherine Johnson is an American mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped…
#MathMonday with Annie Easley
🔬“If I can’t work with you, I will work around you.”
#mathmonday highlighting Euphemia Lofton Haynes!
🔬Euphemia Lofton Haynes is the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics! She worked to improve the education system, which hadn’t allowed black students to succeed in the…
#MathMonday – Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017)
Meet Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017), the first woman, as well as first Iranian, to win the Fields Medal, Math’s highest honor. In 2014, Maryam was recognized for her contributions to…