Tuesday, May 3, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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This program is made possible with
Location: Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium or Online
7 – 8:30 p.m. | Public presentation and Q & A
8:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Silver Dollar Society and Sponsors-only Reception
IN-PERSON EVENT | Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 5:30 p.m. at Corning Museum of Glass
General Admission: $20 | Students with ID: FREE | Rockwell Members: FREE
LIVESTREAM EVENT | Register here
General Admission: $10 | Students: FREE | Rockwell Members: FREE
Keynote Description
Audiences of all backgrounds will be captivated by the phenomenal true story of the black “human computers” who used math to change their own lives—and their country’s future. Set against the rich backdrop of World War II, the Space Race, the Civil Rights Era, and the burgeoning fight for gender equality, this talk brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who worked as mathematicians at NASA during the golden age of space travel. Teaching math at segregated schools in the South, they were called into service during the WWII labor shortages. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had jobs worthy of their skills at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, in Hampton, Virginia. Even as Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts, the women of this all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War. They were part of a group of hundreds of black and white women who, over the decades, contributed to some of NASA’s greatest successes.
In this keynote, Margot Lee Shetterly talks about race, gender, science, the history of technology, and much else. She shows us the surprising ways that women and people of color have contributed to American innovation while pursuing the American Dream. In sweeping, dramatic detail, she sheds light on a forgotten but key chapter in our history, and instills in us a sense of wonder, and possibility.
Please note–this program and livestream will not be recorded.
Please read the latest health and safety updates >>
Purchase the Book
Paperback copies of Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly are available for purchase in-store and online from The Rockwell Museum Store >>
This program is made possible with support from our sponsors:
- WSKG
- Corning Incorporated Science & Technology Department
Free student tickets made possible by:
- Office of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Corning Incorporated
- Cosmopolitan Women’s Club
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – Omicron Nu Omega Chapter
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Location: Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium or Online
7 – 8:30 p.m. | Public presentation and Q & A
8:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Silver Dollar Society and Sponsors-only Reception
IN-PERSON EVENT | Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 5:30 p.m. at Corning Museum of Glass
General Admission: $20 | Students with ID: FREE | Rockwell Members: FREE
LIVESTREAM EVENT | Register here
General Admission: $10 | Students: FREE | Rockwell Members: FREE
Keynote Description
Audiences of all backgrounds will be captivated by the phenomenal true story of the black “human computers” who used math to change their own lives—and their country’s future. Set against the rich backdrop of World War II, the Space Race, the Civil Rights Era, and the burgeoning fight for gender equality, this talk brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who worked as mathematicians at NASA during the golden age of space travel. Teaching math at segregated schools in the South, they were called into service during the WWII labor shortages. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had jobs worthy of their skills at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, in Hampton, Virginia. Even as Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts, the women of this all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War. They were part of a group of hundreds of black and white women who, over the decades, contributed to some of NASA’s greatest successes.
In this keynote, Margot Lee Shetterly talks about race, gender, science, the history of technology, and much else. She shows us the surprising ways that women and people of color have contributed to American innovation while pursuing the American Dream. In sweeping, dramatic detail, she sheds light on a forgotten but key chapter in our history, and instills in us a sense of wonder, and possibility.
Please note–this program and livestream will not be recorded.
Please read the latest health and safety updates >>
Purchase the Book
Paperback copies of Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly are available for purchase in-store and online from The Rockwell Museum Store >>
This program is made possible with support from our sponsors:
- WSKG
- Corning Incorporated Science & Technology Department
Free student tickets made possible by:
- Office of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Corning Incorporated
- Cosmopolitan Women’s Club
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – Omicron Nu Omega Chapter