Women's History
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
Job:
Katherine Johnson was a math teacher, a nasa scientist, and a nasa employee.
Birth and Death:
Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Spring in West Virginia in the U.S. She died on February 24, 2020 at White Sulphur Spring in West Virginia in the U.S. (Katherine Johnson was 101 years old when she died).
Katherine Childhood and Education:
Education: When Katherine Johnson was 10-14 years old, she started High School and finished High School in 1927-1932. When she was 14-18 years old, she started College and finished College through 1932-1936.
Childhood: When Katherine Johnson had 4 siblings and she was the youngest at of her four 4 siblings. Her mom was a teacher (educator) and her dad was a janitor and he was a farmer. Katherine Johnson played games with her neighbors and her siblings.
Accomplishment:
Katherine Johnson helped NASA to send them to space and helped them come back home after a few days.
In 1961 Katherine Johnson helped Alan Shepheard to calculate the first American space mission in the U.S.
Katherine Johnson authored 26 research reports when she was a NASA Scientist.
Later her years when she retried:
Math Teacher: Katherine Johnson started being a Math Teacher when she was 18 in 1936. Katherine Johnson retired when she was 33 years old in 1951 and she worked for 15 years.
NASA Scientist and NASA Employee:
NASA Scientist: Katherine Johnson started being a NASA Scientist in 1953 and she was 35 years old when she became a NASA Scientist. She retired in 1986 when she was 68 years old.
NASA employee: Katherine Johnson started being a NASA employee in 1957 when she was 39 years old. She retired in 1986 when she was 68 years old.
Bio Poem:
Katherine
Smart, Helpful, Loving
Husband of James Francis Globe (mother of 3 children)
Who loves to help other people, Who love education, who love her family.
Who loves to stand for her confidence, Who hates intolerance, Who loves to support other people.
Who feared that she faced segregation as a child by barely having no high schools, who feared that racism will continue, who feared that discrimination will happen throughout her life.
Who accomplished NASA getting back home safely after being in space, and who helped Alan Shepheard with a space mission in 1961.
Who wanted to see racism change throughout the U.S, and who wanted to see people not getting bullied at other places.
Born in West Virginia and lived at White Sulphur Spring in West Virginia
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