Dr. Katherine Johnson, part of the human computer team at NASA and responsible for hand calculating NASA’s path to space, has died at 101. She graduated from West Virginia State College with degrees in math and French and briefly worked as a teacher before working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which would later become NASA) at Langley Research Center. In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
To read about her influence at NASA and the team of black female mathematicians that helped the United States launch successfully into space, we’ve got Hidden Figures in three formats: book, DVD, and children’s book.
Available at the Main Campus (QA 27.5 .L44) 
Available at the Main Campus (QA 28 .S538 2018, Children’s Resources) 
Available at the Main and Orange County Campuses (PN 1997.2 .H53 2017 DVD)
Related reading also featuring Katherine Johnson:
Available at the Main Campus (Q 141 .I33 2016) 
Available at the Main Campus (QA 27.5 .E39 2017)