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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an African-American mathematician who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise a staff at the center.

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Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (b. September 10, 1910, Kansas City, Missouri-d. November 10, 2008, Hampton, Virginia), NARA mathematician best known for her work in the West Computers Group at Langley Memorial Aeronautics Labratory....