top of page

Chapter 6 The "Colored" Computers

1. Describe what made Dorothy Vaughan like an official employee at Langley.

​

2. Explain why the Sixteen-Foot High-Speed Tunnel that was used for experiments on airplanes was "even more" unusual.  

​

3. How is Dorothy Vaughan's office space different than what it would be like today?

​

4. Describe why Dorothy believes by working in Langley's West Computing section, she was in one of the most exclusive groups.  Use statistics. 

​

5. Explain why the national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was scrambling to keep up wit the American Aircraft Industry. 

​

6. Explain how the women of West Computing were made to feel in the office and in the lunchroom. 

​

7. Explain the significance of Morgan v. Virginia 1946.

​

8. How did the West Computers police each other in their sisterhood?

​

9. Explain the issue and what happened as a result of Miriam Mann's actions.

​

​

l201779.jpg
cropped-mdm2.jpg

Identification badge issued to Dorothy Vaughan upon her retirement from NASA Langley. Reverse side signed by Dorothy J. Vaughan and Edgar M. Cortright, Director. 1971

bottom of page