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A Woman to Know: Annie Easley

A Woman to Know: Annie Easley

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Julia Carpenter
May 07, 2019
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I'm out here to get the job done, and I knew I had the ability to do it, and that's where my focus was. — Annie Easley

(image via The National Science Foundation)


In her 34 years at NASA, Annie Easley wore many hats. She started as a human computer in 1955, calculating problems for researchers. She then moved to a job in computer programming, working wit…

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