STEAM in History: Mary Jackson
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Mathematician • Aerospace Engineer
1921-2005 • United States
As NASA’s first black female engineer, she dedicated over 40 years to advancing women in STEM at NASA. She broke barriers in segregated workplaces.
Her engineering work focused on aircraft airflow. Later, she led NASA’s women’s program and was a Girl Scout leader.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”https://offers.edventures.com/hubfs/Campaigns/STEMbassador_Community/Gated%20Content/STEAM_In_History/Mary_Jackson/Jackson_Poster_Cards.zip” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Download Poster & Cards” button_alignment=”center” admin_label=”Button hidden_to_logged_out” module_class=”hidden_to_logged_out” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”_initial” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”/login” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Sign In to Access” button_alignment=”center” admin_label=”Button hidden_to_logged_in” module_class=”hidden_to_logged_in” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”_initial” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Read more in our blog post Celebrating Inspirational Black Women Engineers during Engineers Week .[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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