Hidden Heroes

S01E06: The Pathfinder: How Gladys West shaped the Earth for modern GPS


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As a young African American girl living on a farm during the Great Depression, Gladys West discovered she had a gift for math. Forty years later, she mapped the shape of Earth and helped invent GPS.

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