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Bezig met laden... Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer (2021)door Traci Sorell
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 5/5 ( ) Nonfiction picture book about Mary Golda Ross, a Cherokee Aerospace engineer, Growing up Mary loved math but was often the only girl in her math classes. She became a teacher, received an engineering degree and became the first female engineer to work for the top-secret Skunk Works division of Lockheed. The book also showcases the Cherokee values that helped guide her, importance of education, collaboration, and humility. A NASA website calls Mary Golda Ross another 'hidden figure,' a mathematician and engineer whose role in America's space age is largely unknown. Mary was born in 1908 in Park Hill, Oklahoma, and was the great-granddaughter of the famous Cherokee Chief John Ross. A gifted child, she studied math, science, astronomy, and teaching, earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. During the Great Depression, she taught math and science for nine years in rural Oklahoma schools. She moved to California in 1941 after the U.S. joined WWII to seek out more work opportunities and was hired as a mathematician by Lockheed in 1942. She helped with the design of the P-38 Lightning, one of the fastest fighter airplanes at the time. The author writes, “Now she wanted to design and build aircraft and spacecraft as an engineer.” Only men were serving as engineers at Lockheed, but “she wasn’t intimidated.” Lockheed sent her to UCLA for professional certification in engineering, which she had to earn outside of her regular work hours. Nevertheless, she was successful. Mary became Lockheed’s first female engineer. In 1952, she was selected by the company to be one of forty engineers to join Lockheed's top-secret Advanced Development Projects Division, commonly known as Skunk Works. She worked on cutting-edge projects, some of which are still classified. By the time she retired in 1973, she had reached the rank of Senior Advanced Systems Staff Engineer and had worked on the Polaris reentry vehicle and the Poseidon and Trident missiles. She also wrote a number of professional and theoretical works and was one of the authors of the NASA Planetary Flight Handbook Vol. III, about space travel to Mars and Venus. Throughout this STEM biography for kids aged 7 and up, the author emphasizes the Cherokee values that informed Mary’s life. Back matter includes a timeline, Author’s Note, explanation of Cherokee values, source notes, and a bibliography. Illustrations by Natasha Donovan infuse a comic-book appearance with equations, maps, airplanes drawings, historical references, and interesting color schemes to add visual interest. Evaluation: This is another great addition to the growing oeuvre of STEM books about women pioneer scientists. It also provides insights into Cherokee life, and imparts wider knowledge about a Native American role model. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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