Black Women Mathematicians Receive Congressional Medals for Space Program Work — VOA Learning English
Topics: наука й природа
Beginning
The United States Congress has honored four women known as the “hidden figures” of the space race with its highest civilian award.
The Congressional Gold Medal was presented Wednesday to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Only Darden is still living. The 82-year-old watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home.
Lawmakers recognized the four Black mathematicians for their critical work early in the space program.
They also presented a medal to all the women who worked as mathematicians, engineers and "human computers" in the American space program from the 1930s to 1970s.
Margot Lee Shetterly wrote the 2016 book Hidden…
Tap any word for its translation at once; the word goes into your deck together with its sentence.