{"id":1310,"date":"2017-02-15T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T07:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2021-01-16T20:01:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:01:33","slug":"amps-black-history-moment-mary-winston-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"AMPS Black History Moment &#8211; Mary Winston Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mary Winston Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0(April 9, 1921 \u2013 February 11, 2005)\u00a0became <a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics\">National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics<\/a>\u00a0(NACA), which later became\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\">National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/a> (NASA)&#8217;s, first black female engineer in 1958.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She grew up in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hampton,_Virginia\">Hampton, Virginia<\/a>, where she graduated from the all-black\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phenix_High_School\">George P. Phoenix Training School<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She earned\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bachelor%27s_degree\">bachelor&#8217;s degrees<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mathematics\">mathematics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outline_of_physical_science\">physical science<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hampton_University\">Hampton Institute<\/a>\u00a0in 1942. She was also a member of the first\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sorority\">sorority<\/a>\u00a0founded by and for African-American women, AKA\u2019s. She was a girl scout leader for more than 30 years. She was for noted for helping black children in her community create a miniature\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wind_tunnel\">wind tunnel<\/a>\u00a0for testing airplanes.\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1314 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ampsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Mary-Winston-Jackson-2-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"Mary Winston Jackson 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She started as a research mathematician, or computer, at the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Langley_Research_Center\">Langley Research Center<\/a>\u00a0in her hometown of Hampton, Virginia. After 34 years at NASA, Jackson had achieved the most senior title within the engineering department. She decided to take a demotion in order to serve as an administrator in the Equal Opportunity Specialist field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Winston Jackson\u00a0(April 9, 1921 \u2013 February 11, 2005)\u00a0became National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics\u00a0(NACA), which later became\u00a0National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)&#8217;s, first black female engineer in 1958. She grew up in\u00a0Hampton, Virginia, where she graduated from the all-black\u00a0George P. Phoenix Training School\u00a0 She earned\u00a0bachelor&#8217;s degrees\u00a0in\u00a0mathematics\u00a0and\u00a0physical science\u00a0from\u00a0Hampton Institute\u00a0in 1942. 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