by Barbara Evans Fleischauer She was just 15 years old in 1926. After being named valedictorian of the senior class of the segregated Beechurst High School, Miss […]
Tag: Hidden Figures
NASA IV & V Facility, W.Va. leaders celebrate Katherine Johnson Day
Newsroom@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT — After going decades as a hidden figure in her work for NASA, Katherine Johnson’s legacy as a mathematician, barrier-breaking Black woman and West Virginian […]
Pioneering NASA mathematician and W.Va. native Katherine Johnson dies
When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its […]
