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Katherine Johnson
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Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Wikipedia
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Homo sapiens
PART OF
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West Area Computers
AWARD RECEIVED
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Virginia Women in History
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Congressional Gold Medal
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100 Women
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
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EDUCATED AT
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University of West Virginia
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West Virginia State University
ETHNIC GROUP
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African-American
FAMILY NAME
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Johnson
FIELD OF WORK
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astrodynamics
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mathematics
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aerospace engineering
GIVEN NAME
Katherine
INFLUENCED BY
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Dorothy Vaughan
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Schieffelin Claytor
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Angie Turner King
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
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English
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French
MEMBER OF
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Alpha Kappa Alpha
OCCUPATION
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computer scientist
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teacher
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mathematician
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physicist
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aerospace engineer
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White Sulphur Springs
PLACE OF DEATH
Newport news
SEX OR GENDER
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female
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
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centenarian
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Katherine Johnson

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