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SMNTY Classics: NASA's Hidden Computer Women

SMNTY Classics: NASA's Hidden Computer Women

Stuff Mom Never Told You

February 29, 202045m 35s

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When NASA was formed in 1958, its prized pool of all-female "computers" desegregated. Until then, mathematicians of color -- including Presidential of Freedom recipient Katherine Johnson -- worked, ate and used the restroom in a separate facilities. Cristen and Caroline shed overdue light on Johnson and her brilliant West Computer teammates who helped launch America into space.

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