Dorothy Vaughan
(1910-2008)
American Mathematician
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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise a group of staff at the center.
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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan 20 September 1910 Kansas City, Missouri
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10 November 2008 (aged 98) Hampton, Virginia
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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