3rd Grade
Virtual Biography Wax Museum
2021

Mary Jackson

Hannah Gorney

1921-2005

Mary was born in 1921. She grew up in Virginia. Mary Was always smart. She earned good grades in school. she studied math. She studied physical science. Mary finished college in 1942.

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When Mary Jackson was growing up she had several jobs.She was a teacher. Then an office worker.She was a secretary too!The government hired Mary. This was in 1951.She worked as a "Human computer". She solved difficult problems.She did this by hand.The problems were important.They helped make space travel possible.

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1921 Mary was born in Hampton Virginia United states

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1942 Mary Jackson finished college

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1951 the government hired Mary Jackson as a "Human computer"

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1958 Mary became an engineer

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2005 Mary Jackson died

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2019 after Mary Jackson died President Donald Trump gave her a award it is the Congressional Gold Medal Act

The setbacks for Mary Jackson and challenges for her are that she had a darker skin color and people did not like that back then.But Jackson did not give up she worked for NASA even people were treating her different. She would not give up she would stay do her job do what she had to do.Just because she had a darker skin color she would not let that stop her.She did not let that stop her.

Congressional gold medal act.

Unfortunately Mary Jackson did die she died in 2005.

She was married to Levi Jackson.

She had 2 kids:Levi Jackson jr. and Carolyn Marie Lewis.