Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA

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NASA S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY college where a professor helped her find a job as a college research assistant in physics Thanks to the opportunities NASA provided more than On February 6 2015 Charles F Bolden Jr administrator of NASA published the NASA Policy Statement of Equal Employment Opportunity It reads in part NASA provides an environment that honors integrity excellence teamwork fairness and equity This means NASA wants to be an honest high quality workspace that encourages people to work together and treat each other as equals To ensure this happens NASA has the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity This office enforces fair practices and discourages anything that might make workers feel bullied or discriminated against NASA believes this is the best practice for a workplace that wants to give employees the opportunity to make new discoveries 400 women both black and white found something they were good at and wanted to do They did not listen when people said math was not for them and that no one like them had done these jobs before They overcame many obstacles and stand as inspirations for today's mathematical girls