Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson's Impact On Society

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

Katherine Portas was born on August 13, 1993 about 10:40 AM. The very first person to hold her was her father, Skip Portas, but the next person to hold her was the mother-in-law of Skip, Anne Godlewski. Anne Godlewski is the mother of Katherine’s mother, Marie. Next to hold Katherine were William Portas and Jessie Portas, Skip Portas’ parents. Anne Godlewski was married to Donald Godlewski, who was in El Paso, Texas at the time of Katherine’s birth. Katherine’s parents took a picture and faxed it to Donald. It is in our oral family history once he received the fax he said “I’m the grandfather of an ink blot!” He had a sense of humor.

Katherine Dunham was an African American women who was known for many things throughout her life, more specifically her dance career. Katherine was born on june 22nd , 1909 in a Chicago hospital, but moved to a small place in illinois. Katherines mom died when she was three and her father got remarried; moving them into a fairly white neighborhood. Growing up Katherine enjoyed writing and dancing. When she was 12 she wrote a book called “ Come back to Arizona” that is in volume 2 of The Brownie Book. Katherine started her college career at the University of Chicago where she studied anthropology. While in school she became greatly interested in studying dance abroad. When Katherine received many grants to travel to the caribbean and study dance

Katharine Burr Blodgett was born on January 10, 1898 and born in Schenectady, New York. Her parents were Katharine Burr and George .R. Blodgett , her father was a Patent Lawyer for the General Electric Company , but passed away a few weeks before she was born. Katharine, her mother, and brother moved to France in 1901 and back to New York in 1912. As an adult Katharine lived her entire adult in a house close to the one from her childhood. Katharine had one brother, George Blodgett Jr. and was the youngest of the 2. Katharine attended Bryn Mawr College, University of Chicago, and University of Cambridge. At a young age she attended Rayson School and showed great talent at mathematics, she was 15 when she graduated high school and she won a

“I always smile when I hear that women cannot excel in mathematics”- Evelyn Boyd Granville. She was the second black woman to earn a Ph. D. Evelyn has worked very hard on her work and her life plans. She always excelled in math, which is how she got her Ph. D in mathematics. Her family always supported her, even her dad who wasn't there all the time when he and her mother got a divorce. Evelyn has one of the best families anyone could ask for.

Gene Tierney was born into a wealthy family on November 20, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York. Her full name is Gene Eliza Tierney. She was the daughter of an insurance broker and a wealthy socialite,so she grew up in a pretty lavish lifestyle. She was taught or educated into the finest or elite schools in the state of Connecticut and Switzerland. It is only after her education that her real life or Hollywood fame

Mathematician Kelly Miller advanced the life of African Americans, earning alot of degrees. He was the first black man to attend Johns Hopkins University. Kelly Miller was born on July 18, 1863, in Winnsboro, South Carolina. A minister noticed his likin for mathematics, so he was sent to the Fairfield Institute to study, getting a scholarship to Howard University. He went to Johns Hopkins University for post-graduate work, the first black man to do it. He spent his teaching career at Howard University, and died at his home on the campus, in Washington, D.C., on December 29, 1939.

      Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Unlike her siblings she was not home schooled all her life, Hyde Park High School in

The protagonist, Katherine, is first introduced to us as a child who is exceedingly smart for her age and is solving problems that even adults would never dream of attempting. Much to her teachers delightment, the screens show Katharine hard at work, chalk in hand, scribbling away on the blackboard. It is mentioned early on in the movie that Katherine can calculate any numbers you put in front of her; there isn't a problem out there she is incapable of solving. She takes pride in informing people, when they underestimate her, that she was the first Negro female student at West Virginia university graduate school. Katherine constantly displays diligence with everything she does and dedicates all her efforts and most of her time towards her job. To me, It is not at all surprising that her outstanding talent for calculating complex math problems and her perspicacious mind landed her a high ranked job at NASA and led to her making history.

She moved to Virginia to take a teaching job in 1939, but she was selected

Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison Kansas July 24,1987 in her grandmother’s house on a hill. Her house was huge with 11 rooms a maid and dinner was always served on fine china. Emelia’s grandparents were very wealthy and rich although her father Edwin Earhart struggled to keep a job and had money problems. The Earhart family always was worrying about the small amount of money in the bank. Either way she still loved her parents especially her handsome father Edwin.

Katherine Ann Porter was born with the name Callie Russell Porter on May 15th, 1890, in Indian Creek Texas. She was the fourth of five children; her mother died during childbirth when Porter was only two years old. Left with no maternal guidance, she began to live life with a feeling of sadness and uncertainty. Her father, unable to support the children on his own, was

Born to Robert Simpson Cassatt and Katherine Kelso Johnson, Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now a part of Pittsburgh) on May 22nd, 1844. She traveled frequently with her parents and four siblings. In fact, with her family, she spent five years abroad in Europe. While there, she became fluent in German and French, and had her

Marguerite Annie Johnson (Maya Angelou) was a civil rights activist, writer, poet, actor, dancer, director. For some, the list can go on and on. Most importantly she was more than an inspiration for women, the african-american race, or even the U.S. But for the world. She has won over fifty honorary degrees and is the definition of what it takes to live a fulfilled life. Here is her story.

Amelia’s childhood was full of adventure and traveling the world. Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, she grew up in Atchison, Kansas. Earhart grew up with her sister Muriel, her father and mother, and her grandparents. Amelia was born in her grandparent’s house. (Netzley 12 ; Netzley 13). At the age of 3, Amelia was sent to stay with her grandmother. (Fleming 7). Whenever