Badass Women of America
This podcast is about the women in history who broke barriers and made history yet you probably have never heard of them. Join us each week for a new episode about a woman or women who fought in wars, were amazing explorers, were pioneers in aviation – women who weren’t in our history books. These were exciting, brave, adventurous women who helped shaped this country. Join me, Kit and my friend Sherlock, as we share the exciting stories of these women whom you will want to know. These are the Badass Women of America.
Badass Women of America
Women Who Helped Launch the Space Program at NASA -1940s-1970s
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Women behind the scenes is where all the action and work took place at NASA.
Men at NASA didn't want to have anything to do with computers. They considered complex calculations to be "women's work" so they passed the task of learning IBM's new Fortran computer program to Dorothy Vaughan, a mathematics genius.
She accepted the challenge and brought NASA into the computer age making the space program at NASA possible.
Katherine Johnson was instrumental in sending the first astronauts, Alan Shepard and John Glenn into space. She also brought the crew of the damaged Apollo 13 back to Earth safely.
Join Kit and Sherlock to hear more about these two incredible women.
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