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This episode Megan & Milena explore African American rocket scientist, computer scientist, and mathematician Annie J. Easley & 19th century Boston miniature portrait painter Sarah Goodridge
Annie J. Easley
A portrait of Annie Easley.
Annie Easley, a mathematician extraordinaire! We can’t do math, but ladies like Easley made space travel possible! In Episode 5, we cover her contribution to energy conservation, voting rights, equal opportunities, and getting rockets off into space!
“By the way, what’s the big word?” Bill Mauldin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1964) Found HERE
African
Americans were given the right to vote, but had to break down barriers put in
place by people in power in order to do so. The two biggest issues were that
voters would need to pay a voting fee, and they would also need to pass a
literacy test. Armed with some college education at the time, Easley took it
upon herself to tutor others who were not fortunate enough to receive an
education like hers so that they would be able to jump at least one of those
hurdles.
Taken by Michael K. McIntyre, 1978 Press Photo Annie Easley works on a NASA computer
In 1955, Easley found her home at NASA as a human computer for the Glenn Research Center. There she would do calculations for projections and testing, learn and teach the new computing program called FORTRAN to current employees once it was being implemented into the administration, work on energy conservation and spacecraft software, and even act as an Equal Opportunity Counselor. She was at NASA for 34 years.
Image from the Glenn Research Center Website HERE
Here we have an illustration of the Centaur Propellant Utilization System. The Centaur rocket is used in many of the spacecrafts being sent out into space today, and utilizes liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as its propulsion fluid. Easley worked on the software that the Centaur rockets use.Milena’s complete and utter lack of space knowledge not enough? Let fellow female creator and space flight historian, Amy Shira Teitel, tell you ALL about space. We are not, in any way, sponsored by her or anything affiliated with her. But you gotta recognize a super talented and intelligent lady when you see one. SO CLICK ON IT! Vintage Space
Sarah Goodridge
1930 Self portrait of Sarah Goodridge looking good, only 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches in size, about the size of a poker card
Hailing from a small farming town in the early 1800’s, Sarah Goodridge was a miniature portrait painter catering to Boston’s wealthy upper class. Coming of age in the dawn of the American Industrial Revolution, she was able to financially secure herself as an artist, whereas women her age were often working 13-hour factory shifts. In this episode we learn the importance of a well-placed reed organ,
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This episode Megan & Milena explore African American rocket scientist, computer scientist, and mathematician Annie J. Easley & 19th century Boston miniature portrait painter Sarah Goodridge
Annie J. Easley
A portrait of Annie Easley.
Annie Easley, a mathematician extraordinaire! We can’t do math, but ladies like Easley made space travel possible! In Episode 5, we cover her contribution to energy conservation, voting rights, equal opportunities, and getting rockets off into space!
“By the way, what’s the big word?” Bill Mauldin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1964) Found HERE
African
Americans were given the right to vote, but had to break down barriers put in
place by people in power in order to do so. The two biggest issues were that
voters would need to pay a voting fee, and they would also need to pass a
literacy test. Armed with some college education at the time, Easley took it
upon herself to tutor others who were not fortunate enough to receive an
education like hers so that they would be able to jump at least one of those
hurdles.
Taken by Michael K. McIntyre, 1978 Press Photo Annie Easley works on a NASA computer
In 1955, Easley found her home at NASA as a human computer for the Glenn Research Center. There she would do calculations for projections and testing, learn and teach the new computing program called FORTRAN to current employees once it was being implemented into the administration, work on energy conservation and spacecraft software, and even act as an Equal Opportunity Counselor. She was at NASA for 34 years.
Image from the Glenn Research Center Website HERE
Here we have an illustration of the Centaur Propellant Utilization System. The Centaur rocket is used in many of the spacecrafts being sent out into space today, and utilizes liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as its propulsion fluid. Easley worked on the software that the Centaur rockets use.Milena’s complete and utter lack of space knowledge not enough? Let fellow female creator and space flight historian, Amy Shira Teitel, tell you ALL about space. We are not, in any way, sponsored by her or anything affiliated with her. But you gotta recognize a super talented and intelligent lady when you see one. SO CLICK ON IT! Vintage Space
Sarah Goodridge
1930 Self portrait of Sarah Goodridge looking good, only 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches in size, about the size of a poker card
Hailing from a small farming town in the early 1800’s, Sarah Goodridge was a miniature portrait painter catering to Boston’s wealthy upper class. Coming of age in the dawn of the American Industrial Revolution, she was able to financially secure herself as an artist, whereas women her age were often working 13-hour factory shifts. In this episode we learn the importance of a well-placed reed organ,