Mary Jackson
American mathematician and aerospace engineer
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Mary Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She worked at Langley Research Center in... Wikipedia
Born: April 9, 1921, Hampton, VA
Died: February 11, 2005 (age 83 years), Hampton, VA
Known for: Aerospace engineer at NASA and advocacy for women in STEM fields
Movies: Hidden Figures and Pure
Education: Hampton University (1942), Phenix High School, and University of Virginia
Children: Carolyn Marie Lewis
Parents: Frank Winston and Ella Scott Winston
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