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    NASA's Human Computers

    During World War II, a labor shortage obliged the military to hire African American women with mathematical skills to help make complicated computations for warplane designs.

    September 19, 2016

    NASA's Human Computers
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    During World War II, a labor shortage obliged the military to hire African American women with mathematical skills to help make complicated computations for warplane designs.

    This small team of black women faced discrimination but eventually would help NASA astronauts land on the moon.

    One woman whose grandmother was a "computer" helps tell the story.

    From The Washington Post: How World War II opened the door for one of the first black women at NASA

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