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TRAILBLAZERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: MARY JACKSON

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<P>She was the first Black female engineer at NASA, but her astounding story begins well before that. She was a human computer. An African American woman born in 1921 in Virginia, Jackson overcame many obstacles and setbacks before getting a job at an organization that would later be renamed NASA. Although she never went into space herself, her skills as a mathematician and then as an engineer made it possible for America’s astronauts to soar to the heavens, orbit the Earth, and fly to the moon and back. With full-color photographs, a helpful chronology, and suggestions for further reading, Mary Jackson describes the life, struggles, and accomplishments of one of astronautics' greatest <Q>hidden figures.</Q></P>

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Front Cover.
Copyright Page.
1: Chapters.
2: Computers with a Heartbeat.
3: Rising from the Ashes.
4: College Life.
5: Avoiding World War Three.
6: If You&#x2019;re Not First, You&#x2019;re Last.
7: Preparing for Space.
8: To the Moon.
9: Legacy.
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Jim Crow.
The Grand Contraband Camp.
Historic Black Colleges and Universities.
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Nonhuman Computers.

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Mary Jackson