Cagle about her experience of the interview what comes across is how Ms.
Johnson in her home in Virginia for an exclusive interview. Johnson was unable to attend the premiere, Dr. Cagle (2nd from the left) with members of the Johnson family. Johnson’s footsteps through her work as an astronaut and by her participation in events that encourage young women of color to become aware of the opportunities available to them in STEM fields.ĭr. Cagle is a living legacy of the pioneering work of Katherine Johnson. Johnson’s family, and along with GSS Dean Debra McPhee, hosted a breakfast. Yvonne Cagle, attended the film premiere in New York City December 10 with Ms. NASA Astronaut and Fordham GSS Visiting Professor, Dr.
The book, Hidden Figures by Margaret Lee Shetterly came out in September and is followed by the full-length feature film to be released January 13. Like many women of color, her important work in this field was not publicly acknowledged until the age of 96 when President Obama awarded her the Medal of Honor in 2015. Johnson check the computer’s math before he would agree to go. Before leaving on his historic mission to orbit the earth, John Glenn insisted that Ms.
Johnson was one of a team of mathematically talented black women recruited to work as “human computers”. The film tells the story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician and physicist hired by NASA in 1953. For those of you who follow popular culture you may be aware of a film currently showing called, Hidden Figures starring Taraji Henson.
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