Katherine G Johnson Research Paper

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Katherine G. Johnson was born Katherine Coleman on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West

Virginia. In her day, Katherine G. Johnson served as an employee of NASA. Johnson, performer of many

complex calculations is to be credited in the contributions that is getting man to the moon. Born in 1918

in West Virginia, Katherine, due to her race and how things were for minorities in her time, Katherine

faced small educational opportunities. Despite this, Katherine was able to graduate from college. After

graduating from college Katherine started to work in aeronautics; due to her smarts, she was often

referred to as “computer”. Katherine G Johnson was originally born Katherine Coleman on the 26 th of

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enrolled in west Virginia state university, which was previously named west Virginia state college, here

she came across “a hands on faculty”. A professor by the name of Dr. William W. Schlieffen Claytor,

took Katherine under his wing in hopes of molding her into a research mathematician. Claytor, was the

third African American to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. with degrees in both mathematics and French,

At the age of 18 Katherine graduated summa cum laude. Next year from then Katherine became one of

three students to integrate west Virginia’s university’s graduate school in Morgantown. Whereas, she felt

very unwelcomed which caused her to not complete her education there. Despite this, starting in the late

1930’s, Katherine G Johnson educated her students about math and French at schools in Virginia and

west Virginia. During the year 1939 Katherine had married James Francis Goble, together bringing three

children into this world, Joylette, Katherine and Constance. During the year of 1952 Katherine

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