![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/54187619861-144e83d280-o.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>On Dec. 6, 2024, NASA leaders unveiled a portrait of the late Mary W. Jackson<\/a>, pioneering aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center.\u00a0The portrait is displayed at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington.<\/p>\n Jackson accepted a position with the NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory\u2019s segregated West Area Computers in 1951, where her supervisor was Dorothy Vaughan. In 1958, she became NASA\u2019s first African American female engineer.<\/p>\n In 1979, seeing that the glass ceiling was the rule, rather than the exception for Langley\u2019s female professionals, she made a final, dramatic career change, leaving engineering and voluntarily accepting a reduction-in-grade to serve as an administrator in the Equal Opportunity Specialist field. After undergoing training at NASA Headquarters, she returned to Langley and filled the open position of Langley\u2019s Federal Women\u2019s Program Manager. There, she worked hard to impact the hiring and promotion of the next generation of all of NASA\u2019s female mathematicians, engineers and scientists.\u00a0 Jackson retired from Langley in 1985.<\/p>\n Image credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> On Dec. 6, 2024, NASA leaders unveiled a portrait of the late Mary W. Jackson, pioneering aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center.\u00a0The portrait is displayed at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Jackson accepted a position with the NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory\u2019s segregated West Area Computers in 1951, where [\u2026] Continue reading
\nMonika Luabeya <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"