How Did Katherine Johnson Save The Moon

She was born in white Sulphur Spring, West Virginia. Goble went to west virginia state college, she became immersed in the math program. Katherine loved to count, counted number of steps, steps into the church, forks, plates, and even bowls when she would wash dishes. Her father knew that his little girl would have a chance to meet her goal. She went to High school at ten years old, graduated at fourteen and started college at fifteen and took classes to be a mathematician. She graduated from college at eighteen. Katherine got married and had children, became a teacher after being a stay at home mom and went to college. She but went back to teach because her husband got sick. June 1953 Katherine was hired at NASA, she figured out paths for space craft to go around earth and land on the moon. For the math katherine was able to do, it helped send astronauts to the moon and back and still be safe. Even after NASA began using electronic computers, John Glenn requested that she personally recheck the calculations. Katherine continued working for NASA until 1986 combining her computer skills and her math skills. Without Mrs. Gobles amazing math skills astronauts would not be able to come back to earth, because they would burn and die because they would not have

There are few women that have made an impact on the math society compared with the number of men. A person can ramble off names such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Pythagoras of Samos, and Jean-François Niceron. Where are the women mathematicians? This paper will examine the lives of women that have made an impact on the world of

Elbert Frank Cox was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. As of today he receives a little recognition as he did back in his days. Yet some may ask: How was his early life? What were his mathematical achievements? Although many African American men made contributions to the mathematical world like the self taught Benjamin Banneker(d.1806), the first African American to teach in a predominantly white college Charles Lewis Reason(d.1893), the first African American to attend John Hopkins University Kelly Miller(d.1939), and many more great African American mathematicians. Elbert Frank Cox was a phenomenal African American mathematician and pioneer

David Harold Blackwell was born on April 24, 1919, to a working-class family in Centralia, Illinois. His parents were Grover Blackwell and Mabel Johnson and David was the oldest of their four children. Grover Blackwell worked for the Illinois Central Railroad and his job consisted of looking after the locomotives while Mabel looked after the family bringing up David, his two brothers and one sister. Growing up in an integrated community, Blackwell attended “mixed” schools, where he distinguished himself in mathematics. During elementary school, his teachers promoted him beyond his grade level on two occasions. He discovered his passion for math in a high school geometry course. He had a mixed reaction to mathematics at school. Algebra and trigonometry

Elbert Frank Cox was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. As of today he receives a little recognition as he did back in his days. Yet some may ask: How was his early life? What were his mathematical achievements? Although many African American men made contributions to the mathematical world like the self taught Benjamin Banneker(d.1806), the first African American to teach in a predominantly white college Charles Lewis Reason(d.1893), the first African American to attend John Hopkins University Kelly Miller(d.1939), and many more great African American mathematicians. Elbert Frank Cox was a phenomenal African American mathematician and pioneer

professor of mathematics. She taught at the District of Columbia Teachers College for which she

Annie Easley was an African American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist born April 23, 1933 in Birmingham Alabama to Samuel Easley and Mary Hoover. Not having any full recognition of her father Ms. Easley was raised by her mother and was taught early on that education was everything. She attended Holy Family High School and was valedictorian of her class. Easley intended to become a nurse thinking it was the only career open for African American women. She then attended Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and African American Catholic University where she majored in pharmacy. In the early 1950’s Easley married and moved to Cleveland and attended Cleveland State University where their pharmacy program had ended.

Evelyn Boyd Granville was one of the first African Americans to be a Mathematician. She was well educated by schools that helped her become a teacher (Professor) and has a background of her family whom also helped.

Annie Easley was born April 23, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama. Born to Mary Melvina Hoover and Samuel “Bird” Johnson. Annie and her older brother were raised by their single mother in Birmingham. Starting from 5th grade all the way through 12th, Annie attended parochial schools. Parochial schools were schools that related only to a church theme. She attended the Holy Family High School. While in high school Annie thought that becoming a nurse or a teacher were the only jobs that were open to African American women. Since Annie didn’t intend on becoming a teacher, she intended on becoming a nurse. Towards the end of high school, Annie decided to purse becoming a pharmacist. She would end up deciding to purse pharmaceutical medicine while graduating valedictorian of her class. After graduating high school valedictorian, Annie Easley attended the Roman Catholic University where she majored in pharmaceuticals. Annie spent two years in the program. The Roman Catholic University would later be called the Xavier University of Louisiana.

When people think about mathematicians, they typically refer to white, doctorate-educated male. However, there are more women budding into the field of mathematics. This paper will focus on one special woman, an African-American woman by the name of Evelyn Boyd Granville. She is not the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics, but she, unlike Euphemia Lofton Haynes, stayed more out of the education field and primarily worked for NASA, contributing to many expeditions in space. Her contributions have inspired many young girls to look into and pursue a career in the field of mathematics.

Rosalyn was born on July 19, 1921 into a wealthy family in New York City. Her mother, née Clara Zipper, came to America from Germany at the age of four. And her father, Simon Sussman was born in the city. She grew up in the town and had a normal childhood. Rosalyn always enjoyed reading and read many books on her free time. She attended school at Walton High school and excelled in math and science. She later went to Hunter college, an all-girls school in the city. She worked and lived in the city until she was older. After that she moved out of the city and attended a different college. The physics department at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana offered her a teaching assistantship in

Jemison was born in Alabama, when she was three her family moved to Chicago, Illinois for better educational opportunities. A year later after being accepted into the training program, Jemison became astronaut and was titled science mission specialist. Her job was to be responsible for the conducting the scientific experiments crew on the space shuttle. She spent about 190 hours in space after returning September 20 to Earth. Jenson was put into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, as well awarded Gamma Sigma Gamma Women of the Year in 1990. The “Notable Women Scientists” writes, “After leaving the astronaut corps in March of 1993, Jemison accepted a teaching fellowship at Dartmouth and established the Jemison Group, a company that researched, developed, and marketed advanced technologies” (1). By stating this, it proves that Jemison is another African American making a difference out in the world. Thanks to her we have better technology to help astronauts out in space, and better equipment for them as

From the beginning of the movie, the smart mind of Katherine Johnson; she was a real genius that humanity needs. After finishing school, she applied to work for NASA. She could solve the math problems that the white men could not solve. When she first came to work at the Space Task Group, which is calculating the coordinates of takeoff and landing for the spaceship, she got none of the respect from her white colleagues, especially Paul Stafford, but she was not discouraged. She gained the attention of her boss, Mr. Al Harrison. One day, Mr. Harrison couldn’t find her in the office, when she got back to her work, Mr. Harrison was mad at her and ask:” Where has she been?” Then, she replied that she has to walk half miles away from the office, where she was working on the building that has a bathroom for colored peoples. After that, Harrison went to the building that Katherine has to walk half miles every day to go

As a math tutor at a community college, I have met many students, each with unique personalities, abilities, and morals. Although they look up to me for help, I always find myself inspired by each of them. The most memorable and inspirational student I had the pleasure of tutoring was named Shelma. When I was introduced to him, all I saw was a 78-year-old man wearing a blue hat. But, by the end of our first tutoring session, I knew Shelma was exceptional. He told me his passions, his opinions, stories about his grandchildren, and his time in the war. Curiously, I asked why he returned to school. With a toothless grin, he answered, “Because I was tired of sitting in the house.”

The next woman to be discussed is Grace Chisholm Young. She was a mathematician from England and received her education at Girton College in Cambridge, England. She then continued her