Katherine Johnson: An American Hero

[Michael]

If you haven't seen the film "Hidden Figures", it's well worth renting.

 

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Katherine Johnson Dies at 101; Mathematician Broke Barriers at NASA

Creola Katherine Coleman was born on Aug. 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., the youngest of four children of Joshua and Joylette (Lowe) Coleman. Her mother was a schoolteacher, her father a farmer.

From her earliest childhood Katherine counted things: the number of dishes in the cupboard, the number of steps on the way to church and, as insurmountable a task as it might pose for one old enough to be daunted, the number of stars in the sky.

“I couldn’t wait to get to high school to take algebra and geometry,” Mrs. Johnson told The Associated Press in 1999.

But for black children, the town’s segregated educational system went as far as only sixth grade. Thus, every fall, Joshua Coleman moved his family 125 miles away to Institute, W.Va.... "
Katherine Johnson Dies at 101; Mathematician Broke Barriers at NASA

 

[Cimorene]

She's an AMAZING role model!!!!!!!!!!!

What a terrific way to live life! I hope she has fun in heaven.