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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an African American mathematician who worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor agency to NASA. She was born Dorothy Johnson in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Annie and Leonard Johnson. Her family moved to Virginia and she graduated from Wilberforce University … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA