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Because of her Amazing Gift, Mary Jackson eventually became the first Balck female engineer at NASA. Born in 1921, Jackson spent her young life excelling in mathematics and eventually becoming a math teacher. NASA reveals that Jackson bravely took on many challenges that her white classmates and team members never shared with her. The same writeup adds that Mary Jackson eventually became the first Black female engineer in the entire history of NASA and stayed in her field for over thirty years. Jackson’s career had peaked for as long as she spent conquering her area, and she was prevented from attaining management positions.
