Bonus: Dorothy Vaughan
Womanica
Acast Creative Studios
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008) was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and then NASA. She made waves in the industry at a time when racial and gender discrimination prevented women of color from gaining recognition for their work. Her life and contributions were honored in the 2016 film, Hidden Figures.
This bonus episode is brought to you by the CBS Original ELSBETH.
For Further Reading:
- Dorothy Johnson Vaughan
- Dorothy Vaughan NASA
- No Longer Hidden: The Legacy of Dorothy Vaughan
- Dorothy Vaughan: NASA’s overlooked star
- Hidden Figures and Human Computers
- The Gendered History of Human Computers
- Women of Hidden Figures
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| 0:10.4 | the Queen of Christmas herself. |
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| 0:29.0 | Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan and this is Womannica. This episode is brought to you by the |
| 0:44.7 | CBS original Elsbeth. Every Saturday this month we're focusing on different |
| 0:50.3 | women who've achieved remarkable success and influence in their respective fields |
| 0:54.7 | by upholding unique points of view and being exemplary leaders while remaining true to themselves. |
| 1:01.3 | Today we're telling the story of a woman who broke barriers with her persistence and |
| 1:05.0 | intelligence. Her calculations helped us better understand and explore the |
| 1:09.5 | great unknown. For many years her contributions were obscured by racial discrimination and |
| 1:15.2 | sexism, but more recently her legacy has come to light. Let's talk about Dorothy |
| 1:20.9 | Vaughn. |
| 1:26.8 | Dorothy was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1910. From an early age, it was clear that she was whipped smart. |
| 1:29.7 | In fact, after Dorothy graduated from high school, she got a full tuition scholarship to attend Wilberforce University in Ohio. |
| 1:37.0 | She earned a Bachelor of Science degree. A few years later, she married her husband Howard Bond Jr. |
| 1:45.0 | For the next decade, Dorothy split her time between taking care of her family and teaching math at a local high school in Virginia. |
| 1:52.0 | After her teaching gig, she picked up and moved. local high school in Virginia. |
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