Mary Jackson at Work (1977)

A black-and-white photograph of Mary Jackson, a Black woman wearing glasses and a white lab coat, writing on a clipboard and surrounded by computer equipment

Source: A photograph of Mary W. Jackson working at NASA in 1977, by an unidentified photographer. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Mary W. Jackson was in the computing pool at NASA and in 1958 became the administration’s first Black female engineer after earning a degree in aerospace engineering.

AP African American Studies Guide

A Photograph of Mary Jackson, the First Black Female Engineer at NASA (1977)

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