{"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 – Mary Winston Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary Winston Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0(April 9, 1921 \u2013 February 11, 2005)\u00a0became National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics<\/a>\u00a0(NACA), which later became\u00a0National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/a> (NASA)’s, first black female engineer in 1958.<\/span><\/p>\n

She grew up in\u00a0Hampton, Virginia<\/a>, where she graduated from the all-black\u00a0George P. Phoenix Training School<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She earned\u00a0bachelor’s degrees<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0mathematics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0physical science<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Hampton Institute<\/a>\u00a0in 1942. She was also a member of the first\u00a0sorority<\/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\u00a0wind tunnel<\/a>\u00a0for testing airplanes.\u00a0\"Mary<\/span><\/p>\n

She started as a research mathematician, or computer, at the\u00a0Langley 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":"

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)’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’s degrees\u00a0in\u00a0mathematics\u00a0and\u00a0physical science\u00a0from\u00a0Hampton Institute\u00a0in 1942. She was also a member of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t