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Mary Jackson: A Brief Biography

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Mary Jackson was born April 9, 1921 in Hampton Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, Mary went to the Hampton Institute. While there, Mary earned her Bachelor of Science Degrees in Mathematics and Physical Science. After her graduation, Mary accepted a job as a math teacher at a black school in Calvert County,
Maryland. Jackson accepted three more jobs prior to landing a job at the Langley
Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory’s segregated West Area Computing section in 1951.
Jackson served for more than thirty years as a Girl Scout Leader. She was noted in the 1970’s for helping African American children in her community create a miniature wind tunnel for test airplanes. Mary Jackson was married with two children. Their

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