Mary Jackson
"gentlelady, wife and mother, humanitarian and scientist"
- Langley Researcher Profile (1979)
Timeline of her life
- 1921: Born on April 9 to Ella and Frank Winston in Hampton, Virginia
- 1942: Earned a dual degree in mathematics and physical science at Hampton Institute, started to work as a math teacher
- 1943: Married to Levi Jackson. The couple later had two children, Levi Jackson Jr. and Marie Lewis
- 1951: Started to work as a reasearch mathematican (or computer) for the NACA at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
- 1953: Accepted an offer to work for engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki in the Supersonic Pressure Tunnel
- 1958: Her promotion to an aerospace engineer made her NASA's first black female enigeer. That same year, she co-authored her first report with many more to follow
- 1970s: Build a miniature wind tunnel with children of the King Street Community center
- 1979: Changed her position to become Langley’s Federal Women’s Program Manager
- 1985: Retired from Langley
- 2005: Died on Februray 11 age 83
Further reading
For a more detailed biography of Mary Jackson, have a look at
this NASA webpage
dedicated to her.
To learn more about her lagacy, honors, awards and publications,
follow
this link to her wikipedia page.