Katherine Johnson 

Early Life

Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She grew up there. Katherine developed a fascination with numbers at an early age, counting everything she encountered, from dishes to steps, which amazed her family and teachers. Her love for math helped her along the way of her life and journey of loving and using math to help people in a great way.

Family Life

Katherine Johnson had three siblings. She had two brothers named Horace and Charles. She also had one sister named Margaret. Her mom was named Joylette and she worked as a teacher. Her dad's name was Joshua and he worked as a farmer and janitor. They were very good parents. They helped her to push and love math. Katherine's family encouraged her to do her best in math.

Education & Career

Katherine was very good at school. She was able to skip grades at the age of 10. She was also able to go to high school at the age of 10. Then when she was 14, she finished high school and went to college. Katherine was great at college. Later, she graduated college with the highest honors from West Virginia State University. She taught at a school as a teacher. Katherine was asked to help  N.A.S.A at the age of 34. She went to N.A.C.A (later called N.A.S.A) as one of the best mathematicians in the world and one of the  best Hidden Figures. She was an excellent person as well as she was in math. Thanks to Katherine Johnson we have a better world and a safer way to travel in space.

Impact on the field

Katherine Johnson was asked by John Glenn to check the numbers to make sure he could travel to space and orbit the moon safely. Katherine Johnson also calculated the trajectory of Alan Shepherd's Apollo 11 mission to space. Then she became one of the best mathematicians at N.A.S.A and the world. By all of these things and more, she helped our N.A.S.A and our earth!

1. Katherine Johnson was only 10 when she went to high school.

2. She was 15 in college.

3. When she was 34, she was asked to join N.A.S.A and helped a lot.

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