Human computers : the women in aeronautical research : typescript, 1994.

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Human computers : the women in aeronautical research : typescript, 1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32897182

This typescript manuscript documents the women who performed the mathematical calculations for the National Air and Space Administration (NASA) program in the 1940s, prior to the development of mechanical computers. Based on interviews, Golemba details the backgrounds, careers, and personal lives of thirteen individuals. Those included are: Vivian Adair, Rowena Becker, Margaret Block, Marie Burcher, Betty Farmer, Vera Huckel, Mary Jackson, Helen Johnson, Emma Jean Landrum, Kathryn Peddrew, Dorothy Vaughn, Barbara Weigel, and Helen Willey. This collection also contains an index to women scientists and engineering in "Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary."

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Huckel, Vera, 1908-

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Wood, Judith, 1906-2002

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Farmer, Betty, 1922-

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Willey, Helen, 1911-

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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University)

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The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University Library) sponsors oral history interviews with women scientists and engineers in a wide variety of fields. The interviews document the career and experiences of these women in order to illustrate the critical role they played. From the description of Oral history interviews, 1997-[ongoing] (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 58387605 ...

Adair, Vivian, 1916-

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Golemba, Beverly E., 1935-

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Sociology professor and author. Golemba has been employed as an Instructor (1979); Faculty Member (1980-1981); Assistant Professor (1982-1988); Associate Professor (1989-1992); and a full Professor of Sociology at Saint Leo College Military Education Program. she authored Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary (1992). From the description of Human computers : the women in aeronautical research : typescript, 1994. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 32897182 ...

Jackson, Mary, 1921-

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Becker, Rowena, 1921-

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National Air and Space Administration.

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Burcher, Marie, 1921-

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Vaughan, Dorothy Johnson, 1910-2008

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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....

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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Landrum, Emma Jean

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Peddrew, Kathryn, 1922-

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Weigel, Barbara, 1921-

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Block, Margaret, 1929-

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