How Did Mary Jackson Impact America
Mary Jackson's impact on America
Mary Jackson once said ¨ Coming here from the south will be a culture shock. It is important to reach out and help them to adjust.” Mary Jackson did everything she said in this quote about it being a culture shock because she was the first black women to achieve many things while working with the NACA which is now called NASA. Mary Jackson did not just achieve what she set out to do she went beyond. Mary Jackson was an important figure in American History because she challenged gender bias, challenged racial bias, and she challenged the space program.
Mary Jackson was born on April 9,1921 to her parents Frank Winston and Ella Scott Winston in there home town of Hampton, Virginia. In 1942 Mary Jackson had …show more content…
Mary Jackson helped others not just herself in advancing their careers until she retired. She also brought women’s accomplishments to the attention of the upper management. She later became a activist in women’s right’s when she did this she became a role model and that empowered other women.
During this time there was also a lot of racial bias but yet again Mary Jackson overcame it by challenging the discrimination in the workplace. Also during this time the Virginia state law enforced segregation in the workplace. This caused the facilities to be designated for white and black. Mary Jackson was treated less than equal to her white colleagues. So she decided to take a stand.
The space program was Mary’s biggest accomplishment because she did what no women dared to do she challenged the laws of math in order to get people in space and in the 1950’s she was the only black female aeronautical engineer. Who remembers the Apollo missions? Mary Jackson calculated the trajectory for the Apollo missions, she helped get Apollo 11 into space and she also helped save Apollo 13. Mary Jackson also calculated the trajectory for the mercury project. She later received the Apollo group achievement
Mary Jackson once said ¨ Coming here from the south will be a culture shock. It is important to reach out and help them to adjust.” Mary Jackson did everything she said in this quote about it being a culture shock because she was the first black women to achieve many things while working with the NACA which is now called NASA. Mary Jackson did not just achieve what she set out to do she went beyond. Mary Jackson was an important figure in American History because she challenged gender bias, challenged racial bias, and she challenged the space program.
Mary Jackson was born on April 9,1921 to her parents Frank Winston and Ella Scott Winston in there home town of Hampton, Virginia. In 1942 Mary Jackson had …show more content…
Mary Jackson helped others not just herself in advancing their careers until she retired. She also brought women’s accomplishments to the attention of the upper management. She later became a activist in women’s right’s when she did this she became a role model and that empowered other women.
During this time there was also a lot of racial bias but yet again Mary Jackson overcame it by challenging the discrimination in the workplace. Also during this time the Virginia state law enforced segregation in the workplace. This caused the facilities to be designated for white and black. Mary Jackson was treated less than equal to her white colleagues. So she decided to take a stand.
The space program was Mary’s biggest accomplishment because she did what no women dared to do she challenged the laws of math in order to get people in space and in the 1950’s she was the only black female aeronautical engineer. Who remembers the Apollo missions? Mary Jackson calculated the trajectory for the Apollo missions, she helped get Apollo 11 into space and she also helped save Apollo 13. Mary Jackson also calculated the trajectory for the mercury project. She later received the Apollo group achievement