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To: Albion Wilde

Part of the film version of the story depicted another of the black women mathematicians urging the use of a large computer for the Manned Space Center; but certainly no one had desktops yet in that era.

Dorothy Vaughn. A remarkable woman as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan

36 posted on 04/22/2023 9:23:00 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)

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To: MD Expat in PA

Dorothy Vaughn. A remarkable woman as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan

Totally agree; and wonderfully well played by Olivia Spencer. Your link says she had been Katherine Johnson's supervisor at first! I salute them. This is Dorothy Vaughan through her ages:

38 posted on 04/22/2023 9:45:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)

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